Recently, a woman emailed me seeking advice for her cousin. She had seen my articles in our local newspaper and thought I might be able to offer some assistance in …
Conservative or Stubborn?
The shock and awe that was apparent on the faces of my liberal brethren on election night dwarfed the shock and awe, Bush declared on Iraq at the beginning of …
What A Year!
What a year it’s been, eh? The external world is wobbling like a drunken top-seems like more than usual, but I’ve been looking back over my life span and I …
A Mother’s Betrayal
A beautiful fictional story about a child yearning for the approval of a parent. I remember the day like yesterday. Twenty-six of March 1981. It was a Thursday, the day …
My Fight for Freedom
Push harder! Push harder! Push faster! Push onward! Keep pushing! These are a few of the phrases that I have heard throughout every crisis or turning point in my life. …
American Warriors
My name is Bill Shultz and I am a retired US Army First Sergeant and a Vietnam Vet. I am also a 100% disabled veteran, but that has nothing to …
Now it’s food season. What’ll you have?
Snow this morning, a spattering, and now bright blue sky and we turned off the heat. It was fall and now it’s quickly shifting into winter. The Cascades have decent …
Mother of the year
This piece is fiction, yes. At least a fictionalized account of how a woman I know ended up living with an Indian family. _______ MOTHER OF THE YEAR Mom got …
National Disability Awareness Month: Were We Really Aware?
October was National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). Since I’m disabled, you’d think I was pretty excited about this occasion. Not really. Although the concept is admirable, its impact seems …