Birthday 51 snuck up on me for a lot of familiar reasons. I had no birthday story in the oven until a week ago when inspiration struck me, courtesy of a morning at the DMV. Hope you enjoy… ——————————————————————————— I’ll never understand why pointless memories stick to the […]
I did some work years ago at an elderly home; Shady Acres, the guys and I used to call it, even though it wasn’t really named that. We were updating the electrical in parts of the building. There were worse places to work. Some of the old folks […]
“I don’t think this celebration is about me. It’s about us as a family. It’s never been about me.” Anybody who knows Dave Kienlen would not be surprised to hear such words come from him during his own retirement speech. Look closely at those words, for they hold […]
The following is a work of fiction. Part 1 here Part 2 here World War II History was the first class I circled on my community college enrollment form. While I was growing up, Dad watched countless films on the subject. When I was a kid, it annoyed […]