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My first brush with what I would later call a “scary movie” happened when I...

I have lived on this earth for over 31,000 days—eighty-five years of mornings, mistakes, prayers,...

I was born eleven months before the start of World War II, into a country...

I’ve lived in Newport News, Virginia, since I was twenty-two years old. I came here...

I have three biological grandchildren and four “bonus” grandchildren through my wife, seven bright points...

My father left this world in 1986, after thirteen long years of illness that slowly...

For most of my life, my favorite sport was football — specifically NFL football, the...

It's 2026 and Coal Is Changing I grew up in a coal‑mining family in the...

The night sky over Clell, Virginia, hung low with stars, a frosty bowl of light...

I remember him still: massive, intimidating, and totally fulfilling the expectations of his name. Samson...

Tommy