His full name was Robert Willis Jones, but of course, he went by Bob. He was bald on top, wore glasses, and had strong, muscular arms,...

We like to remember people with admirable qualities, who treated others with thoughtfulness. But we also remember those who demonstrated...

A powerful stare with eyes blazing, one brow raised high — that was Mrs. Curry’s stock-in-trade. She’d used that weapon enough times, the...

Tommy was one of the good guys. When we lived in Maryland, his house was across the street from mine. We were buddies from ages four to...

We all have them, certain personalities who stay in our memories forever. We might have been friends for years or perhaps only spoke with...

Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody, Pat Garrett. The history of the West is filled with tales of famous men...

My father built a two-room house on the farm. Just a few weeks after my mother got here with the four children, my brother, Louie,...

It was such a new world, reaching to the far horizon without break of tree or chimney stack; just sky and grass and grass and sky. . ....

Tom Mix, actor One day, after Buffalo Billy had been a few months Pony Riding, a party of Indians ambushed him near Horse Creek. He,...

William S. Hart, Tom Mix, John Wayne. Throw in Ben Cartwright, Matt Dillon, and Lucas McCain. For good measure, add two book characters,...

Here’s the background about two stories in my short story volume, Contrary Don’t Have No “i”. Of course, I like all of them, but these...

The reports of the new potato crop are very unfavorable. All letters and sources of information declare disease to be more prevalent this...

Who hasn’t wondered whatever happened to a house where she spent childhood days, or one that figured prominently in her family’s history?...

"Where do you get all the ideas for your novels?" a reader friend recently asked me. My response was that inspiration can come from just...

I've found that getting ebooks from the library is a fun pastime and a huge convenience. You can search the site while in your jammies...

"We all carry inside us, people who came before us." --- Liam Callanan During my growing-up years, I was blessed to have a grandmother...