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- I’m a writer who has worked in the private sector, taught at college, and served in the U.S. Army. I hold a B.S. in Mathematics from West Point, an M.B.A. from Florida Southern College, and an M.F.A. in Writing from Queens University.
![Listen to Podcast iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong will go wrong, an adage that’s been around for decades. But, did you know that […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-14-at-10.41.59-PM-115x115.png "Murphy’s Law & the Army Ten-Miler")
![Listen to PODCAST iTunes Spotify I had a teacher in eighth grade named Miss Michaelson. She was a bit long in the tooth and had a jagged helmet of black […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Spring-115x115.png "On Poetry and Mondegreens and Teenagers")
![LISTEN TO PODCAST iTUNES Spotify What goes into the making of a myth or a legend? I listened to my daughter’s English teacher explain the importance of myths in contemporary […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Tunnel-to-Towers-Shirt-115x115.jpg "The Making of a Myth or Legend – Stephen Siller")
![LISTEN TO THE PODCAST iTunes Spotify I have a story to tell. This just happened and I’m not quite sure what to make of it. I am sitting in the […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Screen-Shot-2019-09-24-at-11.58.05-PM-115x115.png "For the Love of Milk – When the Search for One Thing Leads to Another")
![Listen to PODCAST iTunes Spotify To Read or to Listen? This is a letter about letters. In the age of electronic books and audiobooks and podcasts, I don’t read like […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Screen-Shot-2019-09-17-at-1.09.41-PM-115x115.png "The Case for the Personal Letter")
![LISTEN TO PODCAST Apple iTunes Spotify This letter is dedicated to the memory of my classmates and friends and all of those who decided that life was too much for […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Fall-fence-115x115.png "Suicide and Suffering – Army Veteran and Secular Buddhist on the Four Noble Truths")
![APPLE PODCAST SPOTIFY PODCAST The sperm whale takes 40 years before it masters the global oceans, traveling with its mother for years and then joining a pod of wandering bulls. […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Screen-Shot-2019-09-04-at-12.01.00-PM-115x115.png "Whales, Migrations, & Back-to-School")
![NOW ON PODCAST at iTunes, Spotify, Anchor.fm/emelle Click Link below iTunes Apple Podcast – In These Walls Listen to Podcast on Spotify It was the middle of July and the […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Screen-Shot-2019-08-26-at-10.13.19-AM-115x115.png "In These Walls")
![NOW AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Spotify AnchorFM “Did you train much?” my guide Evans Erick asked, the man with two first names, the grandson of a Maasai tribal chief. It […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Screen-Shot-2019-08-12-at-1.59.09-PM-115x115.png "Kili at 50 – Hiking Kilimanjaro on the Machame Route in Six Days")
![“Work hard and do the right thing,” was Ted Varga’s mantra. His son Stephen Varga shared this in his eulogy at the Hoyt Funeral Home. I had come to know Ted […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Sunset-on-Ted-Vargas-home-115x115.jpg "Work Hard & Do the Right Thing – A Tribute to an Old Sailor")
![“Scout” Finch’s first day in school exposes the vacuous and vainglorious ambitions behind progressive education in the 1930s and today. The beloved characters from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scout-Atticus-36x36.jpg "Why Scout Finch Hates School – the Best Novel of the Century and Progressive Education"){kind=small}
![There are three types of people in this world: the sheep who go about their business, the wolf who feeds on the sheep, and the sheepdog who protects the flock. Last […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/German-shepherd-36x36.jpg "The Sheep, the Wolf, & the Sheepdog – LTC Dave Grossman & American Sniper"){kind=small}