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Trail Tales, February 2023

2/21/2023

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In the February issue of Senior Savvy, Trail Tales column, author Chuck Thurston shares an excerpt from his first Senior Scribbles book. His books are available on Amazon and local bookstores and are featured in the Recommended tab on this HTN website.

About Chuck Thurston

Chuck Thurston is one of five boys raised on a small farm in Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Coast Guard, and flew in search and rescue seaplanes. He spent over 30 years in IBM, with many assignments from electronic technician to programmer to manager. In earlier times, in between times and in later years, he has been a turret lathe operator in a factory, a newspaper reporter and columnist, a pick and shovel grunt for a landscaper, and instructor for North Carolina State University in their Industrial Extension Program. He has graduate degrees from SUNY at Geneseo and Appalachian State University. He is a former regional representative for the North Carolina Writers' Network Metro North Region.

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Trail Tales, October 2021

10/5/2021

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Welcome to the Trail Tales. In the October 2021 issue of Senior Savvy, Trail Tales column, author Chuck Thurston shares some expanded thoughts from his latest Senior Scribbles book. Titled "Carry On" this short story deals several themes that he developed in earlier works. The third Senior Scribbles, "Bathroom Reader" is available on Amazon and local bookstores and will be featured in the Recommended tab on this HTN website.

About Chuck Thurston

Chuck Thurston is one of five boys raised on a small farm in Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Coast Guard, and flew in search and rescue seaplanes. He spent over 30 years in IBM, with many assignments from electronic technician to programmer to manager. In earlier times, in between times and in later years, he has been a turret lathe operator in a factory, a newspaper reporter and columnist, a pick and shovel grunt for a landscaper, and instructor for North Carolina State University in their Industrial Extension Program. He has graduate degrees from SUNY at Geneseo and Appalachian State University. He is married to Heidi Wibroe Thurston from Copenhagen, Denmark – herself an author. They live in Kannapolis, NC and have three children grown and gone and a wonderful assortment of grandchildren and great grandchildren.


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Trail Tales, January 2020

1/1/2020

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Welcome to the first post of the new decade in the Trail Tales section of the Hidden Treasures blog. Novels aren’t the only place where written treasures are hidden in the narrative. Some are revealed in the chapters of a novella or the paragraphs of a short story. The stories featured in this blog section are published in the print version of Senior Savvy, a North Carolina regional newspaper.

The story this month was written and told by Chuck Thurston. It is titled “The Making of a Story.”


About Chuck Thurston. Chuck, retired from IBM, is married to Heidi Wibroe Thurston. Both are published authors. In another life, Chuck flew in US Coast Guard search and rescue aircraft as a radio/radar-man. Chuck has published two books of essays and remembrances – Senior Scribbles Unearthed, and Senior Scribbles Second Dose. The books are available at Amazon.com. Under the Hidden Treasure Novels imprint he recently published a full length mystery thriller, The Coroner Takes A Ride.Learn more by visiting Chuck’s website.
http://chuckthurston.wix.com/senior-scribbles


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Trail Tales January 2017

1/3/2017

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Novels aren’t the only place where written treasures are hidden in the narrative. Some are revealed in the chapters of a novella or the paragraphs of a short story. My walking buddies and I decided to make a range of written material available to other hikers who frequent the Buffalo Creek Preserve and Trail.

The Senior Savvy Trail Tales story this month was written and told by Chuck Thurston. It is titled “Coast Guard Memories.”


About Chuck Thurston. Chuck is a retired IBMer, married to Heidi Wibroe Thurston. Both are published authors. In another life, Chuck flew in US Coast Guard search and rescue aircraft as a radio/radarman. Chuck has published two books of essays and remembrances – Senior Scribbles Unearthed, and Senior Scribbles Second Dose. The books are available at Amazon.com. He is currently working on a full length mystery thriller, The Coroner Takes A Ride.It will be featured in the HTN Recommended reading list. Learn more by visiting Chuck’s website.
http://chuckthurston.wix.com/senior-scribbles


We dedicated a Little Free Library at the trail head and committed to supplying a short story each month to a local paper, the Senior Savvy.  The stories appear in a column - Trail Tales. A flip version of the paper is available online.PDF versions of the stories can be acquired by way of this blog. Simply submit the form to receive a free copy of the story featured this month.




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