Don McAllisterNov 17, 20193 min readHolding my Mother's HandI sometimes miss the days when I had to reach up to take my mother’s hand. She would wrap me in layers of winter clothing so deep that I...
Don McAllisterSep 30, 20191 min readThe Puzzle of LifeMy wife, Sue, and I were great winter puzzle workers. In fact a puzzle was an integral part of our courtship. Life is kind of like a...
Don McAllisterJun 15, 20191 min readThe Last Photo of the Afton SternA few words just created for what might be a new novel: That morning the sea was calm with just a bit of a roll. The water was bluer...
Don McAllisterFeb 25, 20195 min readSister Sylvia and the 6th MarineIn January I took a trip with my friend Hershel. For quite some time we had talked about going to South Carolina to visit Dick Whitaker....
Don McAllisterJan 8, 20193 min readThe Roads We ChooseOne of my favorite poems is Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken. The closing lines are these: "I took the one less traveled by, and that...
Don McAllisterJan 1, 20193 min readSo how does a man capture the spirit of a young girl? After my friend Debbie read the chapter called The Butterfly Years from my first novel Angel and the Ivory Tower she asked how I could...