The sun had set and the room became dark except for the glow of the small metal stove. Candles flickered with every draft that seeped into the room. At one end was the Tea House owner’s small son.  He was slumped over a worn manuscript, his fingers wrapped tightly around a pencil. One candle illuminated […]

Shortly after college I was struggling financially and was in need of a vehicle when my father came to the rescue by giving me my grandfather’s 1964 short bed Chevrolet pickup truck. My grandfather had purchased it new, worked it on this farm in Nebraska and passed it on to my father who drove it […]