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 [...]
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 [...]
We Need a Another Sample A good friend of mine relayed this story, and though the theme is adult in nature, I attempt to write it in a way that encourages broad acceptance. As do many men, my friend, let’s name him William, elected, with wife’s blessing, to have a vasectomy. This decision was arrived upon [...]
As has been said for as long as my memory reaches, the names have been changed to protect the innocent, and perhaps the guilty as well. I was a coop engineer working for a large manufacturing concern. It was my first rotation and was summer. I lived some forty-five minutes from the plant, a pleasant drive [...]
My friend relayed these events many years ago, and though I’ve not remembered every detail as on the day first told, excusing a liberty or two, I believe I’ve captured the gist of it. What transpired is largely true. A small country store stood on a road that saw fair traffic during daylight hours, but did [...]
I met Cassius on an April night, he was walking roadside. All know Mississippi can present oppressive summer weather, but April was normally a gentler, more indifferent time on the calendar. This April was different; its sun shared more in common with July’s than mid-spring. The temperature on my dash read ninety-five and the sun had [...]
His wife’s choice to give high school’s flame another chance was a shocking announcement, leaving him alive but lifeless. Post-divorce he tried, not once, but several times to find a woman who would accompany him. With each attempt all started well and then dwindled and ended painfully. “Bless your heart,” the women would say, “you’re so [...]
Tonight we are going on an adventure that initially you may regard as foolish. None the less I will press forward. We arrive at an incredible resort; everything is blue ribbon from the moment our Lexus pulls into the courtyard. No need to lift a bag as they’ve already been placed in our suite. The staff [...]
Tonight we sit atop a cliff overlooking the grand old Pacific. She’s a noble body of water and her name has ocean beside it. Neither lake nor pond is permitted that title. Dark green grass grows thick and lush to the edge and our old-school comfortable lawn chairs settle easily into the soft blades. It is [...]
I've often wanted to take seat on a motor cycle, its handle bars facing a long winding black ribbon of freshly paved road. The machine would be perfectly tuned and start with no effort. A deep growl would resound as I revved the throttle, as if an animal long caged was about to be loosed. In [...]