Lovely Lady
This is the story of Betty Jo, a lady at church who
needed an editor for her life story. I sat down with her and after many meetings, we hammered out the story about her growing up in Northeast Arkansas, just a few miles from where my Father's family was located. It was a similar beginning history, born into poverty, life on the farm, hard work, hard times, disease, death, then being raised as an orphan. Read how this one woman overcame her hardships, as told in her own words.
Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Boy Scouts
A former Scout chronicles the history and stories of BSA Troop 826, a ragtag collection of neighborhood boys growing up quickly in the North Texas area, under the direction of Scoutmaster Warren Street and other adult volunteers.
Bumps, bruises, and life lessons were the order of the day in this Texas Troop. No cell phones, video games, air conditioning, or televisions allowed! Boy vs Nature, first-time experiences away from the familiarity of home, success stories as well as the not-so-successful; it's all here. See what can happen when young men are given an opportunity to advance in life on the practice field known as "Scouting."
The story of MacArthur High School in Irving Texas
Parents, would you like your children to learn something useful while in school? A skill, a trade, a career for the future? Would you like their diploma to have value? See how one school is gearing up to handle this; visit a Public High School in Irving, Texas, and view what Education offered in the past as well as the present. Read the opinions of former students concerning the purpose(s) of High School, what they learned, and visit with Teachers, Principals, Administrators and School Board Members as they graded MacArthur High School, home of the Mighty Cardinals.
Danger. Suspense. Chocolate.
The Return to Lovely High and the Hogs Mean Business
There's more than one crisis looming at Lovely High: A bad economy, budget cuts, business sponsorship drying up, a losing football team, teacher lay-offs pending, a deflated spirit mired in tradition and local society values. How will Principal Brenda Kirby and her administration stop the school from spiraling into mediocrity? How will boys' counselor Don Frerichs light the spirit back into LHS? Will school board president Rick Fairless support proposed changes for modernization, or will this east Texas city demand things remain as they are? What does it take for Coaches Kevin Fields and Les Oakes to keep their football team from having another losing season? And what about the mysterious nutcase who keeps setting fire to the school? Read it all here, in "The Mighty Hogs of Lovely High" !
Red Bike. Big Fight.
A short story about want, envy, retribution and resolution, with conflict existing between two boys in a suburban neighborhood set in the 1960's of North Texas, about how both wanted to be the King of the Neighborhood among their local nearby playmates, and how this problem handled and yes, potentially solved. Read it and see if you could have done any better had you been in the same situation.
Remember When
Stories from the old neighborhood, when we were children back in the '60s. These were our growing up years, childhood was simple, all we had to do was follow a few rules and keep out of trouble … well O.K., that may have been asking too much. Wholesome true tales for all ages, 5 through 105.
