This book contains a retired man's short commentaries on the tedious, often dumb things he does or has done and the occasional bouts of deep thinking he finds himself in when he's down or trying to figure out how to overcome another personal problem or determine why man in general is always finding himself in some kind of a mess. Sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, these observations swill make you smile or frown, depending on the subject matter, and perhaps prompt some serious thoughts about man's attempt to tip-toe through the tulips of life doing the best he can with what he's got. If...

Raz Jester had it all --he was the high school quarterback who married the beautiful daughter of the richest man in town and they had a beautiful daughter. His luck suddenly changes when his wife is brutally murdered. Local law enforcement fails to solve the case, so Raz vows to find his wife's killer and will stop at nothing to achieve that goal -- even if it means going to prison.

Raz learns a lot of things while he's behind bars, but not what he went in to find out. When his incarceration ends, he smuggles out his roommate's taped confession that names all the...

." . . made me feel as if I had been there in 1930 . . . I loved this book . . ."-Carol Hoyer, Reader Views Heck Tennel returns after 65 years to small Texas town he fled when 18, leaving behind a destitute family and a girl he loved. Found by girl's aunt, he is urged to return for critical message. His Aunt has died, but the message can be found in a special place known only to him and Gloria in 1934. Heck reminisces with his Negro boyhood friend, and that night his mind goes back to May, 1934, to recount details of Saturday night country musicals, butter and egg routes and conflict between...

Reared by his Indian grandmother, Blin "Teepee Peewee" Burge defied family tradition by graduating from high school, and after years of hard work, became a successful businessman in Houston. But when he is compelled to go to work for federal undercover agents to prevent a lock-down of his business, his life takes a perilous turn. And when a federal judge dismisses felony charges against organized crime figures that were based on evidence he gathered, he has to flee. Blin travels to a large forested area bordering the Indian Reservation where his grandmother was born, a place he promised her...

Raz Jester had it all --he was the high school quarterback who married the beautiful daughter of the richest man in town and they had a beautiful daughter. His luck suddenly changes when his wife is brutally murdered. Local law enforcement fails to solve the case, so Raz vows to find his wife's killer and will stop at nothing to achieve that goal -- even if it means going to prison. Raz learns a lot of things while he's behind bars, but not what he went in to find out. When his incarceration ends, he smuggles out his roommate's taped confession that names all the drug connections in the small...