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- https://www.treehouseletter.com
- Description
- 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.
![PODCAST INTERVIEW Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes PODCAST SUMMARY (please click on links above for full interview) I talked with editor, writer, and friend, Hayley Swinson, about books and how they […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-06-at-5.06.53-PM-115x115.png "A Book for Everyone, Even Nonreaders and Grinches")
![AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Spotify AnchorFM iTunes Each year at this time I give thanks for my blessings. Some years the mire and muck in life make that harder than […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Autumn-Sunrise-115x115.jpg "Giving Thanks in 2019 – Looking Back on Life’s Big Questions")
![AVAILABLE on PODCAST Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes My friend’s daughter Sue left to attend the University of Rochester this fall and had shared a story. The school website lists international […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-21-at-5.59.07-PM-115x115.png "TikTok Connect the Dots – the United States and China")
![Hear Colonel Mintz on PODCAST Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes *** Please listen to Podcast to hear full unedited and unscripted interview: Colonel Mintz shares the story and reflects on Afghanistan and the […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-08-at-12.21.18-PM-115x115.png "A View from Above: an Army Commander in Afghanistan")
![AVAILABLE ON PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm A friend lamented the lack of grammar taught in schools and I said that English was out of fashion. What passed for writing in […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-29-at-11.21.32-PM-115x115.png "You’ve tidied up the closet. You’ve tidied up the house. Why not tidy up your writing?")
![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")
![“Scout” Finch’s first day in school exposes the pretentious and often hollow ambitions behind progressive education in the 1930s and today. The beloved characters from Harper Lee’s To Kill a […]](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}