I have been working really hard on my next book for the last few days. This one is going to be about education including sections about some of the teachers I had when I was a student, several stories and memories about my teaching and coaching days and then a whole lot about the years as a principal and district level administrator.

I hope to have it ready to publish by the end of the summer, maybe before if I can get editing completed and a few pictures collected that I am trying to get together.  Also been working really hard writing some of the material and editing earlier writings cleaning up grammar, usage, typos, etc.  Re-reading some of these makes me feel it is going to be a great read with lots of funny stories, some really sad ones of not so good days and some others about things said and done by kids that are hilarious. Also a few tales about things some teachers did and some really funny stories about a few of the things said by them to me, to other teachers and students.

Still deciding on a title but probably something like Real Life Educational Stories by a Dirt Road Educator  or maybe Memories of A Lifetime at School by a Dirt Road Educator.

Something like this to be in keeping with the Dirt Road theme of the first book and a couple of others planned about more dirt road stories and memories of life, observations, memories and tales of growing up and living around here.   Even have picked up some possible stories from other folks who have told me tales about their own growing up around here that may be used. I can’t even begin to tell folks how many people have told me how much the stories in my first book reminded them of their own raising and have wanted to share some of these memories with me.

Anyway, working on the new book and hope to have completed soon. And, some of you should not be surprised if your story ends up as one of the essays or chapters in the book. Just a fair warning!   Will try to change the names in most cases to protect the guilty.