Last night we did a presentation at Bemidji Public Library based on a series of letters a friend and I exchanged while he was in prison. Our goal is to develop it into a Young Adult book of stories about how drugs and alcohol can take one down the wrong path and the consequences one …
Barbara Affield Mini-Concert in the Old Farmhouse (1987)
I recently discovered an old VHS tape I recorded three decades ago of my mother playing the old Masters in our farmhouse living room. Go to https://youtu.be/Kw3WD0khAmE For the folks who have read my latest memoir you can get a glimpse of how Barbara mellowed in her later years.
The Path Taken
Almost twenty years ago when I retired I knew I had stories to tell. I began studying the writing craft at Bemidji State University. Muddy Jungle Rivers, A Vietnam War Memoir, was published in 2012. Since then I have spoken at dozens of book signings and other events. The most humbling experience is to listen …
Researching The Past
Tuesday September 25, 2018, at 10:00AM I will speak at Adventures In LifeLong Learning–see the attached schedule for more information–Beltrami Electric meeting room.
World War I Student Essay Program
My grandparents, 1915, my grandmother, a Vassar College Student, and my grandfather in his Williams College ROTC uniform. This past Veterans Day I was invited to speak at an area school. I could not because of a schedule conflict. Bemidji School Superintendent Tim Lutz and I started visiting about Veterans Day 2018, the 100th anniversary …
Ships’ Deck Logs, Vietnam Waters Movements 1966-1973
A friend recently asked me to help him retrieve deck log information from the USS Rogers DD876. Ron and I did a West Pac (West Pacific) deployment to Vietnam together in 1966. He is searching for proof in a claim with the VA. Below is a lengthy but very detailed message I received from a …
Writing Your War/Veterans Writer Group
Today is a sad day for our family–the 3rd anniversary of our son’s death. About a year ago one of our local VA Clinic doctors asked me if I would be interested in facilitating a military veteran writer group. This past month I asked the group if it would be okay to post the discussion …
NEW RELEASE: CHICKENHOUSE CHRONICLES, BOOK II, “PAWNS”
A few years before my mother died I began interviewing her and making notes. After her death in January 2010 I discovered a treasure trove; 200 years of our family history locked in the chickenhouse—about seventy feet from where we had visited in the old farmhouse. Over the next eight years I studied and catalogued …
NEW RELEASE: “PAWNS” (Chickenhouse Chronicles Book II)
A few years before my mother died, I began interviewing her and making notes. After her death in January 2010, I discovered a treasure trove: 200 years of our family history locked in the chickenhouse—about seventy feet from the old farmhouse where she and I had visited. Over the next eight years I studied and …