Stories of Suspense with a Sense of Humor
Our world is shaped by the stories people tell. A good story can change the world.
Or better still, what’s behind a name? I have had a nickname that has been with me for quite a while. It’s not a bad one, but lingers as an acronym of the original, so when an old friend mentions it in front of a new friend, it has to be explained. It’s difficult to … Read more
My efforts with Total Immersion swimming are slowly paying off. The number of strokes it takes to go 50 yards is down by half, and I can actually feel the thrust, with little effort, when I get the mechanics correctly. People are still a little curious why I’m doing this now, at my age, and … Read more
I thought I’d seen everything in the shower at the YMCA. In fact, I thought I could handle most anything in a gang shower because I’ve seen the HBO prison series “Oz”, and, more importantly, I survived the hazings in the gang shower on the hockey team when I made varsity as a freshman. You … Read more
The Polish of this world have made Galumpky almost synonymous with Cabbage Rolls, but I knew them as Kapusta, which is the Slovak word for the same thing. Of course the recipes might vary wildly. In my mother’s Slovak World Congress cookbook, there were no less than six different recipes for cabbage rolls. The point … Read more
I am in the process of learning to swim. I taught myself to swim when I was 14, and did a very poor job of it. In fact, because of an incident at the city pool, I have a very strong aversion to getting my face in the water, and that has hampered me forever. … Read more