Retired from the public school system, Billy became an adjunct professor of ESL students at Indian River State College, Mueller Center in Vero Beach. In the past ten years, his time has been spent rearranging music, researching and writing his novel based on the life of his grandmother. He lives with his wife of twenty-eight years, Kathy. They enjoying fishing, camping, and boating on the Treasure Coast of Florida about two miles away from the setting of his book.

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Lydia

Lydia’s happy outlook is challenged, when after a thirty-day journey by wagon, she arrives in Narrows, Florida. A horrendous downpour sends her and her sister scurrying back home from the beach where Lydia meets Melvin Mathis who becomes the love of her life. Though life is hard, they share happiness and a love that never dims.