Imagine, please, dear Reader, if you will, sitting down in your favorite pub, breakfast grill, steak house, or anywhere you order food and drink. Look at all the employees in … Continue reading Milk Crate Proverbs, Part 1

Imagine, please, dear Reader, if you will, sitting down in your favorite pub, breakfast grill, steak house, or anywhere you order food and drink. Look at all the employees in … Continue reading Milk Crate Proverbs, Part 1
There is a subject I have avoided writing about: my son. That’s right! I’m a father. For reasons which seemed noble at the time, may have turned around and bit … Continue reading For the First Time
The files are piling and piling up… with so many files still needing editing and organizing. I look at the stacks of pages, the files on the computer, and I … Continue reading And the Torch Burns At Both Ends
Everyone is allowed to have their favorites. A favorite brother, or grandmother… an aunt or uncle. For me, for the longest time, in my youth, my favorite was a cousin. … Continue reading Technology, a Reunion, & An Introduction
She had to set a good example. She is “in training” to be a Service Animal. Her black and tan face, with those big and gold and intelligent eyes, seemed … Continue reading Ms. Winnie-Winnie-Winnie Goes to the Big City
There have been many times in my life when I wish my father kept night hours. Many people have been bothered by my middle-of-the-night phone calls… some of those calls … Continue reading When I Need a Break from Writing
December 24, 2022 – Wilkesboro, NC After living and moving in three different locations in the past year – three different houses and a trailer, even a camper – I’m … Continue reading A Year Later
I did not wake up angry. When I looked into the mirror – when I looked into my old eyes – there was no anger. Sure. I did not sleep … Continue reading And So It Goes
It’s 7:03 AM. And on this mid-November Sunday, I’m sitting on my couch, thinking about Kurt Vonnegut. I’m reading his funny little book, God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (Seven Stories … Continue reading Oh, Bless you, Mr. Vonnegut
Ever since my wife and I moved into our dream home, The Locke Nest Cabin, as I’ve named it, one of our favorite things to do is have our coffee … Continue reading You Can’t Blame Good Sex On A Puppy