Halloween Trick or … Nothing – Just Trick
Halloween was one of my dad’s favorite holidays. Only my dad was allowed to answer the door when the kiddies arrived on Halloween. Dad waited expectantly by the door for the first trick or treater […]
Halloween was one of my dad’s favorite holidays. Only my dad was allowed to answer the door when the kiddies arrived on Halloween. Dad waited expectantly by the door for the first trick or treater […]
A Mr. Rogers song plays in my brain right now – changed a little from, “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood…” to He’s an unbelievable idiot an unbelievable idiot Next door neighbor Stupid neighbor. […]
The gavel slammed down so hard, the sound reverberated throughout the tight chamber. Judge Pastel screamed, ORDER! The room quieted. The defendant made his case, “You have no idea what I’m going through, Your Honor. […]
I’ve always been fascinated with names – why parents choose the names they choose, why people change the names their parents choose for them, and why anybody would give their babies names that are – […]
Let me take you back in time to late summer 1979. I was living in an apartment with my oldest (and only at the time) daughter, Keeley. To say I was poor is probably an […]
As most people who know me know, my financial situation is, as it always has been, dismal. They also know that the struggle to keep my head above water raising four children alone has left […]
Imagine this scenario: You die. (You could stop right there, but for the sake of this article, please keep reading.) Your family attends your wake. Like any good dead person, you (as a dead person, […]
I was sick a couple of weeks ago when I walked into a used car dealership. I had just come out of the hospital with a combination asthma, bronchitis, and pneumonia attack, so I wasn’t […]
I have a HO, dontcha know I love my HO fo sho My HO gives me some pleasure, Yo! It’s funny – give it a go! Sorry, Folks, there ain’t no mo. There really ain’t […]
Cindy, my little sister, was around four years old – I was about five and a half – when with voice quivering, she begged me to join her in her bed. A frantic whisper spread […]