Summer Camp Bully

In a flash, I saw what I could do and knew it was something I should not do, but my blood was up as that last straw broke my tolerance.

Small Town Quirks

It’s like those situations in life when despite all indications to the contrary, most people would sooner tolerate the bully than risk even social death.

Search for Shoes

They say half of success is showing up. It’s easier to get going once you show up, especially if you have the right shoes for the job.

Valentines

I knew flowers were expensive and didn’t last, and though I thought of it as a beautiful gift, I convinced myself that it was impractical and therefore pointless to desire.

Happy Holidays!

I tuned in to 99.9 this weekend to find the non-stop stream of Christmas music. This song, sung by the lounge singing great, Frank Sinatra, came around. How many people know the song “Happy Holidays!” is the flagship song of a movie called Holiday Inn starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astair and Margorie Reynolds? It was … Continue reading Happy Holidays! →

Fake Wrapping

Anything, be it a person, place, thing or idea, that has to be wrapped up in a lie is not worth a person’s time.

Social Survival

No one who sat back and simply waited for rescue got it.

A 130hp GoCart

Sometimes I wonder if Buck likes my little car. He’s a straight-up, V8, American Muscle kind of guy, and he gives me a hard time about my Celica. It doesn’t help that I woefully miscalculated the horsepower to weight ratio for it when I agreed to drag race it against his 1969 Dodge Charger. I … Continue reading A 130hp GoCart →

The Scramber

When you drive a CJ, you must handle the CJ.

Adventures in Mowing

I kick back in the seat of my mower and just cruise. I escape into another world for a few hours with half my brain lost somewhere in Owen Wister’s Wyoming and the other half harmonizing with the harnessed power of internal combustion, steel and the raw noise of a two cylinder engine.