The step ball tournaments were mysteriously promoted. It would just feel like a good day for it, and then all these guys would start showing up at our house, with their Vada Pinson and Jim Bunning gloves hanging from the handle bars. There were other venues, but at our house, it seemed, there was the […]
Some of us saw or heard the news item, but most of us probably didn’t. And sadly, it likely didn’t matter all that much; where one disaster fails to reach us, dozens of others race to fill the small void in our mortality ledgers. These are not the violent stories that dominate the front page […]
I’m telling you, I’ve had about all I can take of the #*!#&*! profanity. Everywhere you go, people blowing vulgarity like eighth notes out of Dizzy Gillespie’s horn. At the coffee joint. The car wash. The Little League field. At Back-to-School Night, for *#!^&* sake! You get the feeling that somewhere in America, sailors are […]
His name is Stewart, and I don’t know whether that’s with an “e-w” or a “u-a.” I don’t know if that’s his real name, or one that simply suited his purposes on the fly. I don’t know where he’s from or how old he is. Whether he’s a Democrat or a Republican, or an anarchist. […]
Toulouse is a very short dog with very tall designs on most other dogs with fur and a pulse. Charlie functions quite well after his accident, and could join the circus based on his ability to dig holes with one front leg. Bailey has a habit of skipping the niceties and sticking her nose straight […]
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