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What Childhood Obsessions and Choices Changed the Course of Your Life?

October 23, 2025 by Mickey Hadick

I became obsessed with magic tricks when I was ten years old. This was back in 1974 and the only magicians I’d seen at that point were cartoon versions in Bugs Bunny or Popeye cartoons, and their ilk. It’s not like my parents took us to vaudeville shows for entertainment. We had a TV, and … Read more

Categories Mickey Picayune Tags Life, Memoir, Story

What Summer Chore Do You Love the Least?

October 8, 2025 by Mickey Hadick

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

Categories Mickey Picayune Tags Books, Humor, Life, Writing

Would You Help a Stranger if it Made You Seem Like a Nice Person?

September 24, 2025 by Mickey Hadick

My day was blown up right after work when I noticed a guy struggling to start his pickup truck. I had just finished my day job and was plotting my evening: write this newsletter, write my novel, play with the dogs, and exercise. I’d have time later on to read and relax. A few minutes … Read more

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What Was So Special About Your Favorite Summer?

August 15, 2025 by Mickey Hadick

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

Categories Mickey Picayune Tags Books, Life, Life Lessons, Memoir

Learn How the Universe—and Your Life—is Impacted by the Second Law of Thermodynamics

July 22, 2025 by Mickey Hadick

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 But… But, at some point, his interest in boats superseded the interest in fishing.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

Categories Mickey Picayune Tags Life, Memoir, Story
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