Darrell Curtis

The Fathers We Don’t Talk About

On Father’s Day, it’s natural to honor the men who raised us: the ones who worked long days, taught us right from wrong, and if we were fortunate, gave us a sense of our worth in the world. But there’s another kind of fatherhood I’ve been thinking about. One that doesn’t always get a mentionContinueContinue reading “The Fathers We Don’t Talk About”

Name Change

I’ve renamed the Category and Menu items formerly known as “Slice O’Life.” While it seemed charming and personal to me, my stories and their themes have grown wilder and more tangled, calling for a name that embraces their full tapestry. So now it’s “Life’s Tapestry,” a name that will appear in the Menu bar and betterContinueContinue reading “Name Change”

The Discover page updated

I’ve removed a writing resource from the list of websites on the Discover page of this site. Apparently the NaNoWriMo website shut down completely in May, leaving writers who participated in their annual 50,000-word writing challenge without access to their past or current work saved there. A little googling shows that the organization—whose acronym standsContinueContinue reading “The Discover page updated”

That Time I Got Schooled by a Guitar Nerd

| Guest post by Git from Miss’a’sippi | So there I was, a hotshot college freshman at Miss’a’sippi State University, feelin’ like I’d just conquered the world by learning how to microwave a burrito without it exploding. Life was good. I had my hoodie, my flip phone, and a vast, complex understanding of 90s rockContinueContinue reading “That Time I Got Schooled by a Guitar Nerd”

Faith, Legacy, and the Courage to Build

| Guest post by John Curtis | God doesn’t give us the life we want, he gives us the opportunity to make the lives we have the courage to create. God’s gifts rarely arrive as fully formed outcomes; instead, they show up as raw material: time, talents, relationships, and even obstacles that invite deliberate shaping.ContinueContinue reading “Faith, Legacy, and the Courage to Build”