Yesterday I shared an excerpt from my memoir  Keeping the Tryst , from the end of chapter 37.  That excerpt dealt with my life on September...

The following is an excerpt from my memoir  Keeping the Tryst .   It appears just before the end of chapter 37. ~ September 10, 2001… That ...

This weekend in Atlanta is the annual Dragon Con.  I'm remembering the first time I went to that. It was another Labor Day weekend, twen...

This past weekend was a bittersweet one for me. As of five days ago I am the owner of a brand new car.  It's the third Toyota Corolla th...

This is the first photograph that was ever taken of me.  A few hours after I was born on March 31st, 1974. A lot of people over the years ha...

When you have been a medical professional, there are a lot of things that you'll never be able to unsee. Things like severe anal lacerat...

What if the Palpatine we saw in Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker was not the "real" Palpatine at all?  What if he was ...

My memoir Keeping the Tryst has been getting around some .  I confess, its biggest audience seems to be composed of people who have known m...

It occurred to me that it was thirty years ago today that the science-fiction blockbuster  Independence Day  came out in theaters... I saw t...

Tonight it's another case of perfect recall come unbidden.  I've been told that how this translated into the writing for my book is ...

Today is June 12th, 2026. It was ten years ago today, June 12th of 2016, that I packed up the bare essentials in my car (clothes, Bible, com...

If it's something significant that happened in my life, the tendency is that I'll always be aware of its anniversary when it comes a...

I'm going to come out and say it: It is absolutely shameful what is happening right now in Rockingham County politics. Regardless of dis...

It occurred to me today, while at a school working with a group of special needs kids, that this week is an anniversary of sorts for me. It ...

 On Christmas Night I started watching the newest three episodes, volume 2 it's being called, of the final season of Stranger Things .  ...