Christmas stockings Art On the Grand – Next Saturday – Kickstart Farmington Author and Book Fair Car hell Condos 10 word love story The departing crawfish would never understand. My tears were salty. Animal He was just happy to be outside, walking. Tongue out, panting and pulling at the leash. His fur freshly washed and…
How I learned to drive The story of my driving education starts with Mr Bo. Mr. Bo was an older kindly gentlemen of southern extraction with a communication style heavy on the sarcasm who walked with a limp due to an unknown previous injury. The tongue-in-cheek rumor around the school was that he hurt himself…
What is the one thing you should always have? You should always have courage. It’s something I struggle with. The blank page. The mind that refuses to spin during the spinning time. The metaphorical brick wall that rises up inside that says, “I can’t do this.” when it just doesn’t feel right. The ability to…
When I showed up at the wrong building the construction workers were at first confused and then pointed a mile away back to the east side, Detroit Stokers building and not much more than that. Race across town. Five minutes late. I scrambled from the car, already ten minutes late. Which door? Which door? Take…
What house chore do you dislike the most? Dishes. Not dishwasher fill and empty, but fill-the-sink with stinking hot water and scrub till your fingers wrinkle and the water is some shade of greenish grey dishes. Washing, rinsing, drying the tedium knows no end. I’ve always hated doing the dishes. I hate the standing in…
