Feb 26

February 26, 1945 – My Father’s 23rd Birthday

From my new book WWII Mortarman: After three months of constant combat, living outdoors in one of the coldest, snowiest winters on record...

Jan 23

January 23, 1945 – WWII European Theater

I’m warm at home in Bon Air today, typing this with a cup of coffee on my table and my pup Buddy sleeping at my feet. Quite cozy. And I...

Jan 9

My new book: WWII Mortarman

This is my dad at age 23 on the Franco-German border in Alsace, hours away from what would become 150 continuous days of battle in the...

Prose & Verse

Reading my Writing

The Birdman of Central Park - a story

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River Shadows - a poem

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Love Goes to Buildings on Fire - a poem

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Reading from The Night Doctor of Richmond - Book People bookshop June 8, 2024

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A poem based on a photograph of kids at Fork Union Baptist Church Sunday School, 1960.

WPFW-FM On the Margin interview with E. Ethelbert Miller discussing The Night Doctor of Richmond