Dying in public has its hazards …

In my first book, Playing with the Enemy, I wrote a story about my Father and in my Father’s honor. To me, Playing with the Enemy was more than a best-selling book. For years, it has been a dream of mine that somebody would make it into a movie – and I still pray it comes to pass.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

I had planned to write about Ted Lasso’s endearing optimism or Cruella’s redeeming qualities after watching the Apple TV show and seeing the movie. Then I caught the most recent episode of CBS’s Sixty Minutes. My train of thought took a 180-degree turn.

Old Glory News

I am having a difficult time trying to get this article typed. The electricity keeps going off in this rain storm. We had a good storm this morning around three or so and got a good rain, I think around two inches. Now it is coming down pretty good, and the lighting and thunder is bad.

2 Cents Worth

What a week Joe has mowed the grass again, this rain keeps him busy mowing the lawn!!!!!

Letters to the Editor Policy

The Double Mountain Chronicle welcomes Letters to the Editor for possible publication in the newspaper. A Letter to the Editor must be original, signed by the writer, and include the address and phone number of the writer. Only the name of the writer and the city will be published with the letter.

Faces & Places

“They depend soullessly on our silence.” ~ Elliot He whipped into the parking stall next to me like a bat out of Hades just seconds after I had pulled in. No one in their right mind drives that fast in a mall parking lot.

What Is A Good Job? Part II

After the guns of World War II fell silent, America embarked on a major economic shift. American industrial strength had helped win the war. Now, i would transform America’s population.

Colleen Hoover and Her Books

In one way, you could say Colleen Hoover is just like any other woman. She has lived in the same place near Sulphur Springs since she was four years old and has been married to the same man for 21 years. But there the similarity stops.

Check Your Mirrors

Bucket lists are a thing. You know, what to do before “kicking the bucket”, aka, dying. Mine might include a front porch jam session with Jack Black, James Taylor, and Mary Chapin Carpenter. A train trip across the country with Jack Black acting out scenes from Nacho Libre.

Dying in public has its hazards

One combination off them being I missed a publishing deadline for the first time in my life. I’m sorry. I’m on some heavy painkillers and anti-anxiety meds and my mindisn’t quite as accurate as I’d like. I’m too late for a few of my publications but I’ll give it my best shot. I’m still here.