An Autobiographical Memoir

My Dash

As Recounted by Mary Sue Turnipseed

From dirt floors to wall-to-wall carpet. Water from a well that now flows from the front of her refrigerator – and filtered, to boot.

This is a story ninety years in the making, starting at the beginning of an economic depression that consumed the world and spanning the rise of computers, the Internet, and the introduction of self-driving cars.

Name her Mary Sue Yeary or Ina Mae Yeary. Choose Mary Sue Preston or Mary Sue Dunn.

Some people know her as Sue, others, Mary Sue.

Rarely will you hear her referenced as Mary.

Today, she proudly emblazons herself Mary Sue Turnipseed, having taken the name of the last man she loved and married.

She is all these people, and when you finish this book, you will have met each one.

This is the autobiographical story of Mary Sue Turnipseed’s life, with added memories from her children. It was put together and published for her ninetieth birthday celebration. The book starts in 1930 and follows Mary Sue’s life through the rest of the Twentieth Century and past, finishing up in the year 2020.

You will understand what has made Mary Sue into the indomitable woman she is today.

You can preview Chapters 1-2 here.

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A collection of poems celebrating one man's life.

“On a thread not long ago, I was reminded that, whether we believe in fate or not, whatever we write is fated, by its nature of being a story. This made me think of the odd and seemingly incompatible differences between fiction (what we wish for, perhaps) and reality. I think we do what we can to bring the good parts of our fiction and fantasies into real life, but even that has unforeseen consequences.” 

Roger Dale Reynolds 

July 16, 1969 – October 20, 2010 

From Avalon to Zanzibar; from city lights to starry nights, from infant oracles hovering around wax candles to blazing campfires in snow-topped mountain passes, Hidden Lakes and Dragonflies is a timely collection of poetry, as seen from the real-life experiences of a man, whose imagination captured the humor, fantasy, romance, and wonders of nature that will bring a smile to your face, or maybe a tear to your eyes.

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A Wild Ride Into One Man's Mind as He Wrestles with the Metaphysical World!

The God Curse

Is Chip Engelbrecht a newly-fledged god?

Or has he been cursed by the gods?

Chip’s legacy seems to run in the family. His South African grandfather was driven to suicide by it, and so was his father. Chip’s estranged grandmother calls him a “duiwel” and spits on the ground every time she meets him. His mother? She’s just plain crazy. She still dances on his father’s grave.

Chip wants to live a very long life, and part of his plan is to avoid his family at all costs. The holes in his walls are his coping technique, that and avoiding all personal relationships with women.

When his mother sends him a locked trunk and an ancient iron key, a note written in his grandfather’s hand vaults Chip on a quest to South Africa to find the answers to the curse that hangs over his family.

On his journey, Chip finds being a god is tougher than he ever expected. Will he come to terms with who he is, or will the family curse claim him, also?

About the Author . . .

Levi Kristoffer Castle was born in Finland. His family moved to Johannesburg when he was five, and he spent his youth exploring the bushveld around Sterkrivier in the Limpopo province of South Africa. After high school, he settled into NYC life as a college student. His surreptitious boyhood exploits into the Makapan’s Cave region fueled his interest in Boer history and was his inspiration for this story. Now he splits his time between his Houston, Texas, home and his family’s mountain cabin in western North Carolina. His wife, son, and two dogs happily join him when they can.

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