Neal : Writing

Never Getting Over Tales

Never Getting Over Tales

A Story by Neal


A story from a long ago I had started and never completed. From two periods in my life, it focuses on my love of music, especially the band Yes.
The Yooper Schooner (Final)

The Yooper Schooner (Final)

A Story by Neal


Yes, readers, this is the end. It may seem anticlimatic and all, but this is exactly how we felt about our home's progression. and the reasons, or lac..
The Yooper Schooner (Part 13)

The Yooper Schooner (Part 13)

A Story by Neal


We're closing in on finishing the house like those infamous spiral stairs and my major screw up. I worry about burning our woods to the ground! Part 1..
The Yooper Schooner (Part 12)

The Yooper Schooner (Part 12)

A Story by Neal


In this part, I tie up some loose ends in the house, help the neighbors with a building project, and say goodbye to an old friend in which I share car..
The Yooper Schooner (Part 11)

The Yooper Schooner (Part 11)

A Story by Neal


Karen and I had been through a lot already, but all that was nothing compared to what we faced in this part of the story.
The Yooper Schooner (Part 10)

The Yooper Schooner (Part 10)

A Story by Neal


Being attention deficit doesn't get the house finished in a hurry, but things continue to get done anyway. Also, despite our being out in the woods, w..
Tannenbaum Memories: Selective Recollections of Christmas Trees Gone By

Tannenbaum Memories: Selective Recollections of Ch..

A Story by Neal


A memoir/essay about Christmas trees in history, and our family's past and present Christmas trees.
Christmas for Moonchild

Christmas for Moonchild

A Story by Neal


Faerie Moonchild is depressed because she knows her human friend Eleanor will spend much of the holiday with her family and not Moonchild. Eleanor,tho..
The Yooper Schooner (Part 9)

The Yooper Schooner (Part 9)

A Story by Neal


Karen and I aren't completely dull workaholics, we take some time off from work for some so-called leisurely activites.
I Got What I Needed

I Got What I Needed

A Story by Neal


A true Christmas story from my childhood. I wrote this and sent it with my Christmas cards two years ago.