Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller
This is the landing page for our upcoming short story collection, Where I Come From. We’ll be updating information on the book here.
“Leave this world better” from Where I Come From.
Front Cover Image
This is the image for the front cover of:
Where I Come From:
Stories from the Pineywoods
CURT ILES
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Where I Come From will feature 70 new short stories. We’re very excited about these moving stories written from my heart to yours.
Release date is Friday, November 29 (Black Friday)
Stay tuned for more information at www.creekbank.net and our Creekbank Facebook page.
Scroll down to see the image for the back cover and learn how you can be involved.
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This is an excerpt from our upcoming short story collection, Where I Come From.
LTWBTYFI
Leave This World Better Than You Found It.
“He was a man who went through life oiling squeaky doors.”
I call it LTWBTYFI.
Leave this world better than you found it.
Recently, I read about a man who went through life oiling squeaky doors. He carried a small can of three-in-one oil in his pocket and was on the lookout for irritating squeaky door hinges.
It’s amazing what a few drops of oil will do on the hinges of any door.
He went through life oiling doors.
Not a bad job to have.
Evidently, it was his calling, and he performed with dedication and commitment.
Someone might say that’s such a minor act. Well, they’ve never had the hair on the back of their neck stand at the shrieking, nerve-shattering sound of a rusty hinge.
Maybe I exaggerate, but you get the picture.
Leave this world better than you found it.
It may be as simple as oiling doors, hugging a child, or mentoring a teenager. Anything we do can be our attempt to make this world a better place.
It need not be a big thing: Mother Teresa said it well, “We cannot do big things, but we can do small things with great love.”
Everyone has a purpose to fulfill.
Find yours and get after it!
John Maxwell says, “Find your why, and you’ll find your way.”
LTWBTYFI
Leave this world better than you found it!
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(Below) Back cover image for Where I Come From.
Empty rocker on the Old House porch. You’ll have a chance to have input on the text for the back cover.
Dates:
Daily Pray for God’s direction as we place stories in the right order and put the finishing touches on copies of them.
Tuesday, October 1: We’ll share how you can be part of Where I Come From by helping underwrite the first printing.
Friday, November 29: Book Release at Grant Christmas Tree Farm. We’ll also be signing copies of Christmas Jelly.
Saturday, November 30: Grant Christmas Tree Farm
Helpful links
All things Creekbank www,creekbank,net
Facebook Facebook.com/TheCreekTribe/
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@curtiles56
Creekbank Podcast Audio Podcast.
