The Story of California’s Oldest Two Story School House Image by Author, September.2022 Sitting near the top of a gentle hill, (unless you happen to be hiking that hill lol) in the Gold Rush Town of Columbia California, is California’s oldest two story school house the bottom floor of the…

Thanks to Glenn Carstens-Peters @glenncarstenspeters for making this photo available freely on Unsplash 🎁 https://unsplash.com/photos/npxXWgQ33ZQ On September.15, I published my 3000th story on Medium, my first was published in February of 2018, if memory serves me, I joined the MPP almost immediately but the rules were different back then, first…

The Song Remembers When, 2008–2015 Josh Thompson and I, 2010 In September of 2008, my oldest niece was e almost twelve, and my younger niece wouldn’t be born until, November, about a week and a half before Amber turned twelve, and music marked much of my life then as it…

The Moments that Define Us — Life is defined by where were you moments, especially adult life is defined by where were you moments the most recent being where were you when Queen Elizabeth died, as for me I woke up to the news in my California home, but for the coming generation that will mark…

And Other Advice to Medium Newbies Thanks to Toa Heftiba @heftiba for making this photo available freely on Unsplash 🎁 https://unsplash.com/photos/yz4VF6x0W3M So you’ve started the Medium journey, you have a hundred or more followers now, have at least one article, poem, story or review published, and signed up for the…

Thanks to charlesdeluvio @charlesdeluvio for making this photo available freely on Unsplash 🎁 https://unsplash.com/photos/RrZI0UD12So The modern view of reality is based in straight lines and angles. When someone goes somewhere or gives directions, the method of orientation is based on ‘straight ahead’, ‘turn left’ and ‘turn right’. But Nature doesn’t…

A Fictional Tale… Chapter One, Part One… Thanks to Tetiana Bykovets @tetiana_bykovets for making this photo available freely on Unsplash 🎁 https://unsplash.com/photos/TzN2odwnesg *I wrote this years ago, so why am I sharing it, because it’s far from my best work, simple to mark my growth as a writer. Chapter One: …

The Apostle’s Sister by Angela Hunt Pub Date 07 Jun 2022 Bethany House, Bethany House Publishers Christian. |. Historical Fiction I am reviewing a copy of The Apostle’s Sister through Bethany House and Netgalley: Ava, daughter of Zebulun of Tarsus, has always longed for more. …

Where David Threw Stones Pub Date 27 Sep 2022 The Book Whisperer General Fiction (Adult) |. Historical Fiction. |. Teens & YA I am reviewing a copy of Where David Threw Stones through The Book Whisperer and Netgalley: This book will transport you back to West Germany in 1968. After…