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I currently reside in Texas where I have established my home and lead a solitary life. I am 28-year survivor of HIV which contracted through a blood transfusion while serving in the military in 1983, following an oral surgery procedure. In my retirement, I have dedicated my time to fishing, engaging in home improvement projects, and pursuing my long-standing passion for writing songs and poems which I have honed over a period of 35 years. I also would like to dedicate this book to my older sister, Alice, who is turning 70 this year.As an individual imbued with a strong sense of spirit, I believe that all of us possess an innate potential for compassion, albeit to varying degrees. Through my poetry, I seek to convey this inherent quality to those who may not be fully aware of it, but who need gentle reminders that they too are capable of empathy. I trust that my literary works will bring peace of mind and awareness to individuals navigating the stresses of our fast-paced, ephemeral existence, and provide solace by imbuing hope for a better tomorrow, informed by my personal experiences. Ultimately, my objective is to leave behind a brief legacy that inspires others to connect with their humanity and the compassion that resides within them.

Belonging to a segregated, underprivileged, rural, but blessed community, I grew up with what I had. Playing in the mud, climbing trees, and building toys with tree branches was how I spent my childhood with my friends. Coming from an illiterate background did not stop me from becoming the first person in my family to graduate college. I soon left my father's farm to fulfill my dream of becoming a pilot. The pathway to my dream was, however, filled with trials as I almost dropped out of A&T University. I persevered and refused to let disappointments nibble at my dream. This is the story of a poor, suburban boy traveling to the big world of the Air Force and becoming one of its most precedented pilots.

Pungent- a guy (gent) who thinks he's clever with words. This book comes with a laugh-time guarantee, or your money lost!Humor provides relief from distress and eases anxiety and depression. Creating this book was also welcomes self-therapy in the years of the pandemic, and I hope that providing this humor will be infectious in a good way, and entertainment worth sharing.Wordies and readers will find witty wordplay on these pages, along with some cartoons. Meet Word Dog, Paratweet, and Specs. They speak for you when you wish you could tell the author to give it up.

Are we committed to following our heart's desire? Are we making our dreams come true? We must decide for ourselves what we want for ourselves. The only thing that can stop our advancement in life is our not being ready to move. How you start is not how you finish...

More than just a pretty face, the ladybug on this cover carries a powerful message - a promise of both good health and good wealth. This auspicious symbol invites you to embark on a journey towards well-being and prosperity, reminding you that with a little luck and dedication, both can be yours.¿Please enjoy and use this book to obtain and maintain your healthy mental health. And the book also might help you reach a healthier physical health or body as, remember, we cannot separate our physical and mental entities.When one reaches a healthier mental and physical body and state of mind, it is so much easier to find and enjoy your happy place. Isn't that our ultimate goal in life, to be happy? And as we all know, being responsible in finding our happy place is big. We own that job. We owe that to our family, friends, and all those we are around throughout our lives.I believe you will find this book to be full of common-sense tips. As the title says, it is a Common Sense Approach to Mental Health. Let's all stop throwing out our common sense with the baby wash and go back to creating a healthier environment for ourselves. Consequently, we will be healthier and happier people.

A heroic mouse named Adolphus wants so badly to rule a kingdom. That he finds himself caught in a heated web of danger. A duel has been arranged between two brave knights, to settle a score, and to win the Queen's daughter's paw in marriage. For the one who kisses the sleeping princess, slays the evil dragon, destroys a wicked witch, and fights to the death. Wins and becomes King of the Land of Cheese and Crackers. Once Adolphus has defeated his rivals, and is crowned. Somehow, he, his newfound friend, and his royal love find peace and happiness away from home.

Derk Mattocks was raised during a time when the fight for social justice was at its peak in the United States. Instead of shying away, he learned to challenge the circumstances and not let them dictate how he would live his life. Of course, Derk would say while he does not consider himself a fighter, there was something innate that led him to the top of a career field that was inaccessible to people of color during that Jim Crow period, a period meant to marginalize African Americans by denying them the right to vote, hold jobs, get an education or other opportunities. This was by no means an easy task, considering the opposition he faced trying to bring some normalcy in such a chaotic and dangerous environment in which he lived.Reflecting on his childhood, Derk acknowledges that he would not be one-tenth of the man he is now if it were not for his schoolteachers and community role models. They were genuine, in their teaching, nurturing, caring, and preparing him for any path he chose to take. They taught him how and where to look, but left it up to him to assess and act on his findings. They taught him diligence. Derk firmly believes that for anyone to reach his or her greatest potential, he/she must first be opened to mentoring and insights that show them how to tackle and manage challenging situations. He attributes his ability to convert challenges into opportunities to his schooling and mentoring at Belgrade Elementary, Silverdale Elementary, and Georgetown High. His sincerest wish is to live his life with dignity and respect while gaining more wisdom in the process.

Unraveling Grief: A Mother's Spiritual Journey of Healing and Discovery is a story of courage, forgiveness and gratitude, offering a deeper understanding of grief and discovering its hidden gifts. Based on the traumatic loss of her son, the author walks you through the process of unraveling grief to embracing life with a new sense of meaning. Here is practical and spiritual guidance for healing and transformation from any loss of any kind.In these pages are several gifts to aid you in your recovery from loss, that include: - A Practical and spiritually-based approach toward wholeness after loss- Powerful meditations to help guide and encourage you - with downloadable links to the audio- Foundational steps that focus your intention on creating a living legacy as you move forwardIf you have ever loved so deeply that the loss of someone or something has caused you pain, this book can lead you from sorrow to gratitude, pain to acceptance, brokenness to wholenesss.

What an extraordinary action with a great story and a lot of attitudes to remember! I do love the Sheriff's character because, at the end of the day, he not only proves his responsibility to his town but also proves that he is a great father and a husband. Also, this book has a solid structure of characters that are set as the equalizer of thoughts and ideas throughout the story which equally divides their part for an authentic story. It has a fine direction from which it all started with the relevant points and gradually introduced me to the county of Wyoming and let me experience the struggles and life along it as migration started to peak. Riley NewmanFrom Goodreads Review As a huge reader of contemporary fiction, I can say that this lived up to the standards I have set for it. I am very picky about the books I read, and this one satisfied me in ways that I couldn't explain. Sheriff Craig Spence was a good character to follow. Looking at the world that the author created through his eyes is an enjoyable experience, especially seeing his growth as a character and as a person! I didn't have expectations set for this, and I dove into this book blind. Yet I'm so glad I did because it offered me a story that I will never forget, even in the future. Somehow, Sheriff Craig Spence's story has moved me in ways no other hero had, and I will give up anything just to read this book for the first time again.Olivia EthanFrom Goodreads ReviewWhat impact could bus migrants have on law enforcement activities in Wyoming? What will a county sheriff do when faced with mentally ill passengers and criminals from other locations all the meanwhile dealing with the tragedies in his own life? This book is a fast-paced journey of crime fighting, tragic life-changing experiences and mysteries yet to be explained.

After the Ride by JR Conway tells us about the life story of a man called Kenneth Boutros. The horrible and sad circumstances of his life story had brought him into the street and jail. Then, when a devastating situation became unbearable, he was brought into a state mental institution in Northern Colorado. A flock of angels had illuminated the light of hope upon a gloomy life of Kenneth, when the mental institution had able to connect with Bruce Boutros of Farson, Wyoming. He was Kenneth's relative. Mr. Boutros agreed that when Kenneth was ready to be released, he was welcome to come and settled in his ranch. But the good life was unlikely to happen to Kenneth, when David Cooke, who was a nephew of Mr. Boutros, didn't want him to live in the ranch. Craig Spence, the longtime Sheriff of Sweetwater County, was so emphatic about the difficult situation of Kenneth. He helped finding a job for this poor guy. And so the angel had brought Carl Tuber, who was very active with the chamber of commerce, to Kenneth's life. The part of the story that I like most is when Kenneth could able to land on a good job in the hardware store of Carl tuber, and had been able to be reached out by the SWWRAP, that provided him a place to live, and a doctor who helped for his medication. It gave me satisfaction and peace of mind, when I was sure that one of the protagonist had able to untangle himself from the chain of adverse fate. I was also glad for the people who was so thoughtful and helpful to their fellowmen, like Craig Spence. The part of the story that I like least is when David Cooke refused to honor the agreement between the mental institution and old Boutros that Kenneth could live in the ranch. It made me worried about Kenneth's future. This book is best suited to readers who are fun of reading detective stories. They will find it awesome on how the officers conduct an investigation in order to catch people who had been breaching the law. I enjoyed reading this book. I like the way the story was started. It made me delighted to see a bus in a hurry during the last hour of the day. And most of all, it was nice to imagine people going home. They were like weary birds, which were tired of foraging food, going home to their nest. The book described the setting in a creative way and it gave a wonderful ambiance.

A ROSE FROM CHARLIE AND MARIE is a literary thriller set in a Buddhistic framework with the major theme being love and courage prove us to be eternal. "Charlie and Marie make for compelling characters . . . . Though Buddhist philosophy appears in the pages, this is definitely a highly readable story. A ROSE often finds Charlie and Marie considering in what way to best live their 'Lives' . . . . They strive always to do good and not to spread harm, which leads them to perform delicate moral calculations in their spy jobs. The tension between their positive morality and their undercover activities forms an interesting basis for this unusual story." -Elizabeth A. Allen ForeWord Clarion Reviews (Four Stars)

Did you know that "Where Are You?" is the most significant question in the Bible? If God asked you that question, what would you say? You of course would say, "Here Am I". Also, he would be asking about our faith. I have to wonder truly, "Where Are We?" As Christians, where do we stand in our faith? When God asked Adam that question, God was also wondering where Adam was in his faith.

If you love Oldies Music, Old cars, and good stories, you'll love Small Town Big City (When Times Stood Still) A screenplay script. The way it used to be in 63. The nostalgic look back in time will take those who experienced it on a memorable journey to the times of simple living, old-fashioned ways, cool cars, good music, and teenagers trying to become adults, living for the moment, and looking forward to tomorrow. Those who were born after 1963 can see and feel themselves in 1963. Back in the day, small-town people were usually outdated by the lifestyles of the big-city folks. Kind of behind in the times, but they wouldn't exchange it for the world to be a part of a close-knit community and the love and commodity, priceless.

Unravel life's baffling mystery by cracking the secret code of this world. The world is a strange illusion replete with riddles, puzzles, conundrums, and Trojan Horses.Use this book to crack earthly life's mysterious code.Crashing Streams of Change embodies a fresh stream of ideas and a novel understanding of how to see the world. It is unique and different from all other books that you have ever read and will ever read in your life. And when you are done, you will never be the same again-I guarantee it. The book is a flaming, dramatic panorama of spine-tingling scenes and nail-biting moments that inspire awe and a new and refreshingly delightful grasp of love and adventure.This dashingly entertaining presentation is a riveting collection of romantic moments; sassy, erotic exchanges; and piquant see-saws between Vannetta's newly found obsession with sex and her husband Simeon's ardent yearning to improve the lives of the poor. The book captures the many frustrating and confusing moments that life throws at all of us; and, in part pedagogic beauty; it presents penetrating insight into life's cryptic mystery and poignant answers to puzzling, age-old problems. In this regard, the book elucidates and explains life's seemingly unfathomable issues and shatters the secret and inscrutable code of human problems. Who needs to read this book-every man alive!

Paul S Hickman was born in Tullahassee, Oklahoma - a small rural African-American township. He attended a rural elementary school and graduated from the academic Manual. Training High School in Muskogee, Oklahoma. During his 26 years of military service, he concurrently completed four college degrees; a post-graduate degree from Vanderbilt University - a graduate degree from Claremont Graduate University - a graduate degree from Golden Gate, and a bachelor with La Verne University in the disciplines of Human Develop and Counseling - Executive Management-Public Administration and Economics. Because of his great skill in job performance, organizational and leadership qualities, he was selected to be the Project Officer for several high-profile military operations in the USA, Greece, and the UK. In addition, he chaired two Military "Black History Month" Celebrations with University of Oxford academic scholars in attendance in 1981 in the UK, and with US Embassy Staff in attendance in 1986 in Greece. During this period in the UK, he was an adjunct Lecturer of undergraduate courses of Economics, Management, and Business Administration Courses for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the City Colleges of Chicago in the UK. After his retirement from the military, he returned to Kifisia Greece, and was hired by Southeastern College in Kifisia Greece as an Associate Professor with the duties as the Business Department Coordinator and a lecturer of Management courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Further, he was an Adjunct Lecturer as well as the supervisor for three MBA candidates who completed their thesis with the marks of 'Commendable' at the University of Laverne in Greece. Because of his commitment to bridging cultural gaps, he was inducted into the American-Hellenic Economic Progressive Association [AFIEPA] all in Greece where he was instrumental in arranging a social function for the 1984 American Olympic delegation to Greece with the Honorable Mayor Thomas Bradley-the Mayor of Los Angeles. After returning to the United States and employed with the State of Maryland as a Disabled Veteran Outplacement Professional for 2 years. While employed there his supervisor made the comment that he did not know what made him tick. With that, he penned and submitted a poem entitled "Spirit Eagle" to the North American Open Poetry contest. His poem was selected for publication by the National Library of Poetry. Then he informed his supervisor that this is who he really was - a poet! Golden Apple Press published his poem "Simple Things" as the Editor's Choice in their publication entitled "Little Poems-Big Thoughts. He was selected by the National Library of Poetry to submit any one of his poems for their collection of new poems in their "The Best Poets" entitled Best Poems publication. The International Society of Poets rendered him free membership in their society as well as an invitation to become a Distinguished Member of the Society.

In this book, you'll be able to read stories about my experiences and learn about military life. This book is for people who have retired, have served, are on active duty, and those who enjoy creative content.

In this novel, the narrator greets nay, welcomes readers into a world of the absurd, with boundaries of neither space nor time. Barely do we arrive at the Crusades' bloodbath when a zeppelin circles about Renaissance Florence's Arno, and before we can catch our breath, Cologne is reduced to rubble through Allied bombardment. Next we find ourselves in fin-de-siecle Vienna sharing an espresso with Freud. According to the narrator's father, appropriately unnamed and unnameable, historical time is a flow of events endlessly repeating themselves, where what is true one moment is false the next, what once beautiful now hideous. Everything is both earthly serious and airy as life itself. Put another way, true survival consists in this: trust nothing and no one, yet love everything and everyone. This the narrator's father achieves to perfection. He is the perpetual student unbound by place and time, who learned the art of love from Sappho, war from Napoleon ("call me Boni") and climbed the steep scaffold with a refreshing drink for the hard-working Michelangelo. In his many incarnations (learned from Merlin no doubt), father's ongoing struggle is on behalf of the downtrodden and against the obscenely powerful. The history of the world itself is too short to fully contain such an individual, just as it was too short to enfold Cervantes' great Don.

Frank Varro, author of 'Stories from the Boxcar,' is a retired Methodist pastor, prison and hospice chaplain, missionary, teacher, counselor, and musician. He is from a three-generation family of China missionaries. This 'Quilogy' (five-books-in-one) is the story of his paternal Hungarian-immigrant heritage, and his maternal-missionary heritage. It relates to his father's boyhood home-a boxcar on a siding in Regina, Saskatchewan-from which came his father's many stories and life's lessons, which is the theme of Dr. Varro's book, pictures of his own life, struggles, victories, and detours along the way. The journey takes us through his international childhood in Alaska, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and five states of the U.S. He graduated from Morrison Academy, a Taiwan missionary boarding school; he also graduated from Seattle Pacific University, where he met and married Margo Moore, his accompanist-now his wife of fifty-six years. The story goes on with their own radio and TV missionary work, and teachers at Taipei American School in Taiwan; it continues with the birth of their daughter in Taiwan, and an around-the-world trip through Asia and Europe; then back to Seattle at the University of Washington-earning a Masters of Music, and Doctor of Music Arts in Choral Conducting degrees. He taught elementary, middle school, high school, and college music in Taiwan, Seattle, Oregon, Ohio, and Texas. After fifteen years as teacher and college music professor, Dr. Varro held music positions in churches, and founded two community music ensembles. Following times of spiritual struggle and renewal, he graduated from Houston Graduate School of Theology with Masters of Divinity, Masters of Arts in Counseling, and Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Counseling degrees. He trained and was Staff Counselor at Samaritan Counseling Center in Houston. He founded Varro Counseling, spending the next twenty-two years in pastoral counseling, free-lance music, prison, and retreat ministries, as an ordained minister, in first the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, then the United Methodist Church, and finally the Global Methodist Church. The last two books outline his spiritual struggle and renewal before ordination. He and Margo are parents of Shelley, born in Taiwan; Steve, born in Oregon; and Rob, born in Ohio; they have five grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. He and Margo have lived in Houston, Texas, for thirty-nine years.

Keys of Peace is a philosophical and poetic communication of ways to attain inner peace, which is the key to bringing richness to all one's relationships. Inner peace allows one to explore their life and find their own unique pathway which brings them fulfilment. Keys of Peace offers an invitation to explore and discover one's true nature. It is through individual, transformative growth that the whole of humanity will achieve peace on Earth and the cooperative unity of compassionate love.

The Music That Makes Me Dance is a collection of poems that will encourage readers to listen to their inner music, the music of the heart. On some days, that personal song might be a lilting melody that encourages a slow somber dance. On others perhaps you hear a dirge during which standing and moaning is an appropriate response. The poem, "African Dancing," inspired by the poet's lived experience, will find in you a memory that will make you twirl and spin like a child's old-fashioned spinning top. Whatever you hear or feel, standing still while your heart accompanies you in song will not be an option. The Music That Makes Me Dance will leave you moved and moving.

Federal Agent Sarah Anthony, seeking a much needed break from her duties in Washington, D.C., heads to the mountains of Virginia. Saved from an avalanche by former Navy SEAL turned wildlife photographer, Connor McBride, the two find themselves involved in a web of corruption, betrayal, and murder. In their fight for survival, as they try to keep ahead of Mob Boss Dominic DeLuca, Sarah's boss and Connor's best friend are called to come to their aid in this thrilling tale of adventure and intrigue that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Ann's interests have always been music and art. But when her cat, Chibi, drowned in the pool, Ann had to write this book. Chibi could not get out because he had no claws.If a cat has no kind human being to give him food, he needs his claws to help him find his own. If attacked, he cannot climb a tree or protect himself without his claws. Declawing a cat is a painful procedure and continues to hurt long after the surgery.Ann hopes that children reading about Chibi will understand how important it is for cats to keep their claws. In New York, it is against the law to declaw a cat. Maybe that will become the law for all of the United States.