Category Archives: Memories
Coming of Age
My first year of high school I remember the upperclassmen talking about one of the teachers that had retired at the end of the year before. I don’t remember a name, or even a gender, to be honest, to go … Continue reading
My Best Friends
In the 1980’s, when I was a teenager boy, my grandmother took me aside on more than one occasion and told me that the thing my mother did wrong with all her kids was to be a friend, rather than … Continue reading
Christmas 2024
Well, another Christmas Day has just come to a close. The kids were home with their wives and kids, and we all had a good time together. The new little babies were there to give me an appreciation of the … Continue reading
The Mid-December of 2024
While we are still on a pause, things around the house are going along. I admit that days like today I didn’t feel like doing much. I did some, but I did not feel like much. I did get some … Continue reading
White Nights
I am reading the Russian White Nights, by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I have 18 pages left to go, but so far, it is about a lonely man who meets on chance a woman who is very nearly attacked by a drunk. … Continue reading
Doctor Marigold and My Memories
I did not read the whole story that comes next in the book of short stories tonight. It was too long for a relaxing read for me. It is called Doctor Marigold. It has been fun so far as it … Continue reading
Christmas 1978
Grandpa was trying to get the Christmas lights to work, but the strand was not lighting up. He wiggled the bulbs and looked through glass trying to find one with a broken filament. My job was to carefully hold the … Continue reading
Mars on the Horizon
I was up to answer nature’s call this morning about 4AM, and to stoke the fire to keep the chill off the house. I also heard the alarm going off on the weather station to announce that it was 20F … Continue reading
Someone I Once Met
I was doing school reports with my youngest today, and we got distracted down some rabbit hole, as people sometimes do, and we got watching scenes on YouTube from Top Gun Maverick. Way into the conversation, something my daughter said … Continue reading
Mike’s Corvette & Others
When I was just old enough to drive a car myself my uncle’s best friend Mike took me for a ride in his ’87 Corvette. It was a brand-new car, and I certainly understand that he was not about to … Continue reading