Stories of Suspense with a Sense of Humor
When I was a kid, Geauga Lake Amusement Park was a little slice of heaven. It had coasters, live entertainment, and games of chance. It was about an hour drive and as the ferris wheel and roller coaster came into view, our excitement spiked. It was our one and only fun thing of the year! … Read more
So a friend died this week. She was a wonderful person who was just barely 50 but caught a bad break with a rare disease. It just stinks. It stinks for her husband and her son. It stinks for her family. It stinks for her friends. But those of us who knew Carmen will think … Read more
The past few weeks I’ve been dealing with our apple crop. You wouldn’t think a humble house in the suburbs would also be a burgeoning apple orchard, but my wife has vision. “I’ll just plant a few trees,” she said. At first, I was only annoyed because the trees messed up the mowing pattern. If … Read more
Back in high school there was a minor bully I’ll call John. He was really more of a toady, hanging around some of the tough kids. Or maybe he was more of a sidekick, like Garth was to Wayne, Barney was to Fred, or Sancho Panza was to Don Quixote. Regardless, when I had to … 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