by Rick | May 3, 2013 | Blog
I first developed my love for writing on my international hunger relief trips. I wrote because I wanted the people who supported our work to be a part of the story. Mostly, my stories were about people I met along the way who inspired me because I wanted my friends in...
by Rick | Apr 30, 2013 | Blog
Some friends of mine were excellent musicians and dreamed of performing together. He, with his guitar and singularly clear voice and she, with a voice of incredible range and country charm, wrote their own music. Their music made you feel the love they had for each...
by Rick | Apr 26, 2013 | Blog
The first scary movie I ever watched as a kid was “The Skull,” a black and white horror film that kept me up all night. I was barely allowed to watch television at my house, so I went to my sister Carmen’s house in New York and was promptly introduced to nightmares...
by Rick | Apr 24, 2013 | Blog
When we got into donnybrooks as children, we were plopped down on a beige paisley print couch and forced to tell each other we were sorry. Those peace treaties lasted about as long as the ones between the Israelis and Palestinians. As soon as we got out of range of...
by Rick | Apr 19, 2013 | Blog
When I first walked into the lobby of the Honey Creek Resort in southwest Iowa, I thought someone had robbed the shoe department of Dollar General as a prank or inherited a closet of shoes from Imelda Marcos. Several thousand pairs of shoes hung on racks, perched on...
