Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller

It’s here! A Broken Cup is now on Amazon   A Broken Cup: Notes from a Fellow Struggler Is Now Available on Amazon! It’s available in paperback, large print, hardcover, and Kindle ebook formats. You know someone who needs this book, and it may be you. Read Sample Chapters on The Broken Cup Amazon Page.   That’s why I wrote …

  Scroll down to read a heartfelt comment from a co-worker of Abe and Ed. “I’ll stay with my friend.” By Curt Iles Creekbank Stories  www.creekbank.net Readers have permission to copy and pass on this story of two men who should not be forgotten on 9/11+25 The soul-touching story of Abe and Ed Beyea is gleaned from the excellent book, …

Stand by your Friends as of 1 Have Terry proof against plagiarism against original paragraphs in Hopkins’s story.  Scroll below to read the original text.    CLOSE FRIENDS WHO’LL STAND NEAR As of 18 FEB   24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.   PROVERBS  18:24  …

It’s Love Bug season in Louisiana.   This timely short story is from Hearts across the Water written after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.   Black Bugs Over and over in the days leading up to the hurricane’s arrival people used this statement that reveals the human tendency to look for the silver lining in even the darkest cloud,      …

Here are some thoughts and images on my mind: Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch, but the diligent make use of everything they find.  -Proverbs 12:27 (New Living Translation)  Wasteful hunting (and living) go against God’s precepts (and common sense.   We’re to be good stewards of all we have.   Stewardship is one of the 12 …

I work and write at our nearby library, Westside Branch in Alexandria, LA. Most of you know I have several writing offices: Tamp and Grind Coffee, Y-Not Stop Convenience on Versailles (hot coffee, clean restrooms, good wi-fi, and back tables I can spread my work out on. But it’s hard to beat my Westside Library Cubbyhole. I settle in, take …

  “The Bible was written to be read outdoors.”  -Wendell Berry (With heat and black bugs, put this verse in your October pocket.)   A verse to build your life on:   Trust in the Lord with all your heart,    and do not lean on your own understanding.6 In all your ways acknowledge him,    and he will make straight your paths. –Proverbs 3:5-6   Survey: Where does the …

  You know someone who needs this book, and it may be you.   That’s why I wrote A Broken Cup. For fellow strugglers like me. It’s a book about my struggles on The Journey. It’s a book of stories dealing honestly with depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues. A Broken Cup: Notes from a Fellow Struggler is a …

A view of The Old House kitchen from the Swamp (West) side.   I’m part owner of a log cabin built in 1892. We call the log room and additional rooms added through the years, the Old House. It was built by my great great grandparents on land they homesteaded. I’m part of the fifth generation to own this homestead. …

  On Skip Bertman   My favorite Skip Bertman statement was what he called “Transfer of Blame”: “It’s human nature to look around and find someone, or something, to blame for our failures. A winner looks in the mirror and says, ‘I own this. I’ll do better next time.’ ” Resist the urge to stoop to “Transfer of Blame.” Warren …