Someone asked me one day how I became an author. In turn, I asked them, "How much time do you have? It's a long story!" Because some of...

By the time one reaches my age, he surely knows how things go whenever there is a household chore that must be tackled, such as a...

The last several months have seemed like a return to yesteryear. I'm referring to the time several decades ago when we suffered through...

If you've followed this blog for very long, you know that I read a lot of books. A lot! I don't have time to waste reading books that...

One of the interesting things I've discovered researching my relatives' activities in World War II has been the "coincidences" that...

Vacations are meant for relaxation, for getting away from the daily routines, for engaging in things you normally don't do in the regular...

The year 2022 is fast coming to a close, and 2023 is almost upon us. In fact, we have only one more day left before the New Year arrives....

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. The next day is Christmas. What memories the mention of those two days evokes! When I was growing up, my...

When I was teaching writing classes, I repeatedly emphasized to my students three principles of good writing. I summarized each principle...

One truth I repeatedly observed during my years as a teacher was that avid readers tend to be better students than nonreaders. They...

Today, December 7, marks the eighty-first anniversary of the simultaneous and coordinated Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, Guam, Wake...

Thanksgiving is past. Christmas is just around the corner. And the new year is following close behind. That means it's time to start...

I don't want to seem as though I'm beating a dead horse, but in today's post I'd like to share some more quotations from Barbara...

One of our daughters recently asked my wife and me to accompany her to a library book sale. She was looking specifically for good...

McFarland Publishing, the publisher of my book Confederate Cabinet Departments and Secretaries, just announced a great holiday deal! You...

I'm excited today to present a guest post by Joy Neal Kidney, who published her first book at age 75. Since that time, she's published...

An article I was reading recently mentioned the U.S. amphibious landings near Casablanca in North Africa, and immediately I recalled the...

I wanted to share the following short (~7 min.) YouTube video that provides some much-needed motivation for those of us who sometimes...

Often, I've regretted not having access to a plethora of private documents--letters, journals, photos, etc.--on which to base my study of...

Genealogies can sometimes seem boring, especially if you don't know the families whose lineages are being charted. Sometimes even that of...