The month of May, for so many a reminder of life’s renewal after a bleak winter, will forever be bittersweet for me. It was May, 2008,...

When we moved into our home in Grand Prairie, Texas, 36 years ago, we fell in love with our neighborhood. Not only was it a quiet, shady...

Having just turned 72, I fall into the earliest cusp of the Baby Boom generation, a huge group of Americans born during the two decades...

When I finished the first draft of my memoir Another Cheesy Family Newsletter, in February of 2018, I didn’t have the slightest idea how...

(note: all names are changed) When my daughter rolled up her sleeve, I could no longer deny the horrifying truth. Up to that moment,...

Every writer lives for reviews. For the fledgling writer, anxious to establish herself in the literary world, a good review is a small...

Observing the wide age range of our Democratic candidates during the debates recently, I wondered, just how do you define “old” these...

Horror stories about stepfathers and stepmothers abound, and no doubt many are true. What we hear far less often is the story of the...

When I wrote my memoir, Another Cheesy Family Newsletter, I placed a checkmark by a very important item on my bucket list, to write and...

Taken from Fred's Blog (Robert Fear) Authors Showcase: When my friends talk about their hometown, the place where they grew up, I can’t...