Here I Am
Experiments in being there My wife’s birthday is tomorrow. She wanted a particular necklace. I asked for the link until...
Being There
Being There was Peter Seller’s last film. Chance, the character he played, rose to fame in a day through a few...
She’s One. I’m Done.
I understand why there are “daddy’s girls” and “mama’s boys.” When I think of my son, I am in a...
Screen-less Dreams
The post “Story Time” was a popular one. At least it was picked up by the popular author Dan...
What we hold when lightning strikes
Winds hurled hail sideways, pelting the windows like bullets. “Mommy daddy mommy daddy!” Our son runs down the stairs in...
Arrival
1993 He grips the warm Budweiser, skunked by summer’s heat. He never found the basketball he planned on taking to...
Story Time
I am envious of my 3-year-old. He can summon dragons, or the power of Thor in his plastic mallet. It...
The Forest and the Tree
It was the kind of Monday that gives Mondays a bad name. I work hard. I’ve found I must work...
A First Time for Everything
Here’s one more for the “first series”—joining the story of the first drunk and the first admission. I remember the...
Roller Coaster Sober
The safety bar lowers. Metal snaps into place. “All Clear.” The steel floor below you sinks and now you’re suspended...
Popular POsts
My Community
Print Debut
Featured In:
