The Super Bowl is history and the Philadelphia Eagles are the world champs.  Quarterback Jalen Hurts won the MVP award. In my opinion the real MVP was the four defensive lineman that seemed to have…

It was the summer of 1970 when my cousin, Cub, managed to get a summer job hanging on to the back of a garbage truck to help collect the town’s trash barrels. We didn’t have…

Dad was at it again, at it irritated the bejesus out of me! Way back in the early 70’s on a hot sunny weekend, outside my bedroom window I thought I heard something over the…

I hit the bright red button angrily to end my call and sat in my truck contemplating what I would do next. I knew I didn’t want to take that load to New York City.

“Dammit, I did it again.” Those were the first words out of my incredibly dry mouth when I woke up. Once again I was not in my own bed. Once again, I find myself at…

AS PUBLISHED IN HEMLOCK MAGAZINE LIFE WITHOUT YOU By Alan N Webber I’m seated graveside at a cemetery in Southlake Texas. Our minister is providing the committal services for my wife of the past 54…

A WORTHY CAUSE BY THE TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION AND YOUR LOCAL CHURCH. The wife and I are blessed to spend time going back and forth between Arizona and Illinois. We attend churches in both locales…

Every year media publications run recaps of celebrities that passed away the previous year. I’ve always found those lists informative and am usually saddened by the loss of certain people as they had an…

Nearly everybody knows A Christmas Story was written by Charles Dickens. And most know of the story having watched any of the fifty-seven adaptations on television. My personal favorite is the 1951 version  with Alastair…

Christmas is coming and with it the return of the nutcracker. I love seeing the little wooden versions of soldiers and kings come out to remind us of the impending Christmas season. Come to find…