Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller

  Bible Study: One Night in Winterset Under Construction 8 Dec. 2025   Send your Bible study ideas to Curt at curt@creekbank.net

    www.creekbank.net Monday, December 8, 2025 More to come on this blog page.   Two new Christmas Books just in time for Christmas. Uncle Sam   A Children’s favorite about the origin of the Fort Polk Horse Herd in 1941. Repackaged and updated. The perfect gift for the children in your life. Order at Amazon/Curt Iles Uncle Sam Available …

    Uncle Sam: A Horse’s Tale Rides Again! Order your Christmas copies of Uncle Sam at Amazon. Read the entire book at https://www.creekbank.net/uncle-sam-2/   The experts say, “Don’t leak your book or give access to readers. They’ll read it for free and will skip buying it.” What do they know? Let’s prove the experts wrong. I’m putting all 38 …

Book Clubs Under Construction Post updated as of 30 November 2025 This is a companion blog post to our book, One Night in Winterset. What are the major themes of One Night in Winterset? What touches could the author add that would enrich the story? (Amazon KDP allows the author to update their manuscripts at will.) If you find errors, …

As we wind up a Thankful November . . . Thanksgiving is not a day. It’s living with gratitude. Gratitude for every gift God has placed in our lives. Let’s continue Thanksgiving into December. You cannot go wrong being grateful. “It was when I started counting my blessings that my entire life turned around.” -Willie Nelson   Stay tuned for …

November 2025 in the Pineywoods and along the Red River What does a spray bottle of “Poo Go” for bathroom odor and a box of kitchen matches have in common? Sister Colleen and Mom are their way to a “Housewarming” for our nephew and niece Carson and Allie Campbell. The Poo-Go is her gift. I told her I had an …

Uncle Sam: A Horse’s Tale, our illustrated children’s book, will gallop again before Christmas 2025! Stay tuned at www.creekbank.net and Facebook for updates.   Although Uncle Sam is a fictional work, it mentions actual place names and events from the colorful and overlooked history of our Louisiana Pineywoods,   Stay tuned for updates.

  Tuesday, November 4 Riding Shotgun   But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. -Jesus in John 15:26   If you grew up watching Westerns, you’re very familiar with the shotgun rider. He was the well-armed, grizzled guard …

    This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!   “A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.” Photo: With my new girlfriend, Mrs. Lois Rollins, at Y-Not-Stop in Alexandria. I’m a friend collector. Any day I make a new friend is a good day.   Yesterday, I was working …

  This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it!               “Where I Come From“ has become a favorite among our faithful readers. You can purchase copies in Paper, Hardback, and Kindle eBook at Amazon.com/Curt Iles Books.         Purchase your copy of The Three Trees …

October 2025 Uncle Sam is getting ready to ride again Uncle Sam: A Horse’s Tale      

  Jots, Notes, and Sketches October 2025   From Journal 153 I’ll be sharing rough sketches and notes from cuurent Journal 153.   I’ll also be writing from/about the following photos: (Below)  Gone but never forgotten. Richard A. Rayburn. DeRidder native, American hero, and son of two of my dearest friends, Macon “Mac” Rathburn and Mabelle “Mamie” Rathburn.   Vietnam …

    Notes from the Creek September 2025   Notes on keeping a journal   One of the most beneficial lifetime habits is keeping a journal. There’s no wrong way to do it. Just write your story in your own way. From “Struck by Lightning”  in the upcoming Curt Iles book, A Broken Cup: Notes From a Fellow Struggler.   …