Category Archives: Writing

Passion is like Bacon: It makes everything better

Humans love passion. In fact, I’d boldly say that we prefer it to logic. It’s why we eat chocolate when we know broccoli is better for us.  We could choose a nice, safe basketball player who has amazing stats but … Continue reading

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The Canteen

1973 A little boy ran across the field to hug his grandfather.  The older man was tall, wrinkled from years of sun damage and slightly hunched.  The boy, towheaded and freckled ran full speed into the man, causing him to … Continue reading

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Born

The moonlight illuminated the path from the garage to the cabin.  A lone man carried his groceries and fumbled for his keys to open the giant oak front door. John walked into the cabin, flipped on the light and was … Continue reading

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Oh, hail

The approaching storm made the sky Wizard of OZ green. We would have been lucky if only Dorothy fell out of the sky. Instead, we got Hailapalooza 2013. It was the worst hailstorm I’ve ever seen in my life.  And … Continue reading

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J. Charles Eckles Jr.

I pulled my car into the cemetery. It was a forest of headstones with my roots buried six feet below them. I had made the pilgrimage to visit my family and the only sound I could hear was my loudly … Continue reading

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Live like Harry

I hope you’ve read Harry Stamps’ obituary.  If you haven’t, click here. OK, now that you have, let’s discuss. What an amazing man. Not just because of the words written about his life. They are just words after all. No, … Continue reading

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SHORT STORY: Mrs. Ethel

Logic said go one way, his car’s GPS said the other. Mike Goodall listened to the GPS ‘ pleasant female voice and now was hopelessly lost in the Mississippi Delta.  He thought he was in Leflore County, although he was … Continue reading

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The Reunion

Twenty-five years after I last darkened the door at my old high school, I came back for a reunion. I was stunned at what I would find. The front door looked about the same, just with more coats of paint … Continue reading

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Why I run from the sun

My paranoia saved my life. “I had a melanoma and had surgery.” I was standing and talking to another cartoonist at the Association of American Editorial Cartoonist Convention in Chattanooga. It was 1999. I hadn’t been to a dermatologist in … Continue reading

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A Father’s Love

Alarms screamed down the hospital’s hall, nurses scattered like ants and a father was left standing alone, impotent.  His wife had been rushed to the operating room. Chaos ruled. The look on the doctor’s face was grim. His newborn son … Continue reading

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