Stories of Suspense with a Sense of Humor
I found a dead opossum in the yard this morning. It was a youngster and I’m saddened, as my dog may have had a paw in its death. Opossum are occasional visitors to our yard and the dogs go berserk but hadn’t harmed one before. Typically, the opossum play dead and the dogs lose interest, … Read more
The first person who suggested I might become a writer was my eighth grade English teacher, Mrs. Recht (pronounced wrecked). The irony was that she wasn’t trying to encourage me; she was humiliating another student. She’d given us a book report assignment — read a book, then write something about it. No big deal. I … Read more
When my father died, he had seven boats. No, he wasn’t an international shipping mogul. He merely liked to fish. But… But, at some point, his interest in boats superseded the interest in fishing. When you drive past someone on a bridge with a line in the water, you know that person likes to fish. … Read more
The 4th of July is this week. For those of you outside of America, it’s one of the big six holidays here, meaning the trash collection is delayed a day because even the trash collectors get to take July 4th as a holiday. The big six are New Year’s, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, … Read more
The best advice I ever received was to never start a land war in Asia, but that’s basically where I’m at now. The Asia part is my back yard and I’ve fallen into the trap of fighting because of suburban America’s obsession with green lawn. Growing up, we had a 30×30 front yard, and 30×100 … Read more