Mother and Daddy were by no means financially wealthy. After all, Daddy was a brick mason, and Mother didn't work outside the home. So...

Yes, I know that it isn't yet Thanksgiving, but Christmas really is just around the corner. Have you purchased all of your gifts yet? Are...

While discarding several boxes of old magazines the other day, I ran across a stack of long-forgotten photographs that sparked a lot of...

The final composition of athletic teams is often determined by tryouts. Would-be team members have the opportunity to make the team by...

Although writing is a solitary endeavor, no writer can succeed without the help of others. That fact is admitted in every book's...

Smith isn't very well known today in spite of his coming from an illustrious family heritage and having made a name for himself during...

"So many books, so little time!" How often I've said those words, either to myself or to someone who has just suggested that I just must...

"With Hurricane Helene coming our way, should we be concerned?" asked my friend, who had recently moved to our region from up North....

On days during the fall and winter months, which often featured cold or rainy days when Daddy couldn't work, he would begin removing the...

I'm happy to announced the release of my latest book, Legislating for the Confederacy: The Confederate Congress. To understand fully the...

There's never a dull moment in baseball. I've never understood people who complain that it's boring. They just haven't been paying...

Although I only rarely drink tea, preferring coffee instead, the field trip opportunity sounded interesting, so my wife, who is a tea...

September seems to be the month for fairs all across the nation. For me when I was growing up in East Tennessee, the only one in the...

Mother was never one to let moss grow under her feet. She was always busy with something. Even when "relaxing," she was busy, even if it...

Every boy (or man, for that matter) should know not to try sneaking to read a girl's (or a woman's) diary. A diary is a private, secret...

Well, school has begun again. It seems as though we entered summer only yesterday. Nannie Summers was right when she told me, a doubting...

As much as I enjoy researching and writing books and articles, there are a few aspects of the publishing process that, though necessary,...

Peeve: A source of annoyance or irritation. Every once in a while, I share some of the things that most peeve me as a writer and a...

The germ of an idea surfaced. I was intrigued by it and was eager to begin the journey it would involve. But life happens, and the idea...

Last week I wrote about visiting the "soft opening" of the Halls Crossroads Historical Museum ( https://hchmmuseum.org/ )and discovering...