When attending university I had little in the way of resources and when, on infrequent occasions, I stepped out for a meal I was selective. At the time I was living in an old apartment building in an artsy neighborhood, whose main street was lined with shops, a nightclub or two, and a restaurant or two. [...]
I believe in was seventh grade when the experiment began. I’m certain there was a professor, the inventor, who sat in an office clad with raised panel mahogany walls who believed he was advancing a generation, and if the stakes were lower you could chalk it up as an interesting study in mass education, but it [...]
Many moons ago I dabbled in the use of cannabis, aka; pot, reefer, red bud, Acapulo gold, sensimilla, and so on. This is not an advertisement or an endorsement, for I went too far in the use of these types of distractions, but as I said this was long ago. For the sake of story, I [...]
I was installing new solid vinyl tile in a beautiful home in a beautiful suburb—the hardest part being the preparation. In order to achieve the optimum result I first needed to lay a lauan sub-floor. This plywood was hand nailed with 1.25 inch ring-shank with spacing between nail no more than two inches at seams and [...]
I was a handy man of sorts and had just departed my current worksite—it had been a long day. A restroom visit before leaving job site would have been wise, but the drive home was all of two miles and I foresaw no problems. One detour was taken, that being a left into the parking lot [...]
Winter in Northeastern Ohio tends to cuff arm and leg to sofa inside two-by-four brick-faced tee-pee and a body craves the great outdoors no matter what weather may greet. It was a cold night—mercury hang’n out in the low teens—a perfect night for a cruise. So my bud joined me for a ride over snow crusted [...]
For the purpose of story, I’ll rename my Business Law teacher Mr. Jenson. It was day one of the new High School year and I walked into classroom five minutes after lesson commenced. I can’t remember the precise reason for my tardiness, I believe I was lost, but it mattered little. As I crossed threshold Mr. [...]
I believe I was five when first a member of the animal kingdom joined our family. A neighbor’s cat gave birth to litter and we (brother, sister, and I), pled case our family could do a good deed by taking in one of the new arrivals. Promising we’d take on all duties of care and using [...]
For a twelve year period we owned an Irish wolfhound. Owned is a misnomer of course, as all who have lived with pets can testify. My experience has been animals believe they are equals and behave accordingly. An ancient breed, wolfhounds are gentle, proud, stoic, and confident of their standing. Our Tiggy or Tig, as we [...]
Are whims always poorly thought through? Than our whim was no exception. My friend and I flew to Houston, Texas to cash in on the extraordinary growth the sea side town was seeing. Recently graduated from high school and recent college drop-outs, we thought this would jump start our lives. So with little more than the [...]
