Cadets face numerous obstacles during their tenure at the U.S. Military Academy, which forces them to overcome those plights — whether personal, academic or physical — while building a character base ...

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Stuff happens. Our days cannot all be sunny. We will always have to deal with people whose personalities rub us the wrong way. Everyone suffers loss, experiences grief, and goes through their own ...

If there are genres my writing fits, then essays, creative nonfiction, memoir and poetry — maybe proems, as Brian Doyle calls prose poems — may describe the kind of writing I do. Oh yes, and letters.