Savor the Steps
Just before Thanksgiving my mother had surgery on her knee. Apparently, the cartilage had vanished, which kind of made me a little...
Busy with the Absent
My house is usually overloaded with estrogen and all that goes with it. Currently, there are two males and four females in the house and...
My Juggling Act
My dad can juggle better than anyone I know and I used to be amazed at how he kept the balls rotating in the air. A former friend of...
Cussword
I’m not a big sports fan. I know that comes as quite a surprise to people and many wish to revoke my Man Card, but it’s true. I wasn’t...
The Great Pretender
I love accents. Who doesn’t, right? I have to be careful, however, because when I’m talking to someone with a strong accent, I have a...
Enjoy Your Ice Cream
One of my family’s favorite places to visit is the Disney Marketplace, or Downtown Disney as I’m used to calling it. It’s a series of...
Side Seat Driver
I have a confession to make, one that I’m sure I share with quite a few people. It’s also not really a secret. You see, I make a lousy...
Riding in Ambulances
The ambulance doors flew open and the injured was slid inside the crowded compartment. The medics worked with maddening speed to stop...
Freedom from the Keys
At one time in my life, I had three jobs. Not because I had a death wish or was trying to avoid seeing my family, but because it took...
Look, a Butterfly
Part of my struggle as a writer is that I’m easily distracted by ideas. It’s because of that attention problem that I have so many irons...
