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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.
![AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Spotify Anchor.fm iTunes Today’s letter is for high school seniors, for my son and his classmates, for my friends’ children, for Andrew and for Allie and for […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-23-at-6.52.13-PM-115x115.png "For the Class of 2020 During the Pandemic, a Poem and a Mother’s Wish")
![AVAILABLE ON PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm ** A child’s note, three gifts from a parent, and Tolstoy’s famous story ** I stumbled upon a note recently from my […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-28-at-8.34.49-PM-115x115.png "The Three Gifts – So what have you learned in 50 years?")
![AVAILABLE ON PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm You ever have that moment when something you’ve believed for some time begins to shift and slip, leaving you a bit off-balance? I had […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Adams-Founders-John-and-Abigail-115x115.jpg "On Presidents, Politics and War, and Poetry")
![AVAILABLE IN PODCAST Spotify Anchor.fm iTunes I wanted to share a short poem and what makes it special, why it works as a poem and a toast. Along the […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-31-at-5.15.20-PM-115x115.png "Raise Your Glass! A Toast by W.B. Yeats")
![AVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY Anchor.fm iTunes It’s winter; the holidays have passed. It’s a new year and a new decade. Each morning, I’ve been checking to see how much […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Dec-6-2019-Sunrise-115x115.jpg "The Light in Your Day – A New Take on Winter")
![What can we learn from the Gulag? About the military, about the body and soul? AVAILABLE IN PODCAST iTunes Spotify Anchor.fm Walking up Hawks Hill near my home, […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-08-at-2.19.07-PM-115x115.png "Solzhenitsyn and the Gulag – A Russian Novel About Your Life")
![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")
![“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}