On October 19, 2013, in Murphy, North Carolina, a group of poets came together for a one-day retreat to discuss the issue of meaning in their poetry. Guided by Gene Hirsch, each participant read poems and discussed their meanings for the poet and for each of the other participants. They explored the discovery and expression of meaning, which proved to be a rich enterprise. Five factors of meaning that are frequently taken for granted were examined. Red Fox Run, the place where this special retreat was held, became the title of the chapbook that resulted from this work.

Bogies at Twelve O'Clock is a true World War II story that encompasses fascinating and unknown details in the daily life of a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Poland. It all started with a surprise early morning wakeup call in Foggia Italy April 23, 1944 at which time Air Corps Bombardier Lt. Jack Cole was ordered to fly with a new crew over the skies to Wiener Neustadt, Austria. This mission turned into an awful air combat fight at which time the back of his B-17 Bomber was shot off. After parachuting out and landing in a newly plowed Austrian field, he was captured and began his 13 months of gruelimng confinement as a Prisoner of War of the Nazis.