Stories of Suspense with a Sense of Humor
I love riding bicycles but learning to ride was clouded by fear, pain and envy. To begin with, we were not a “cool-bike” family. Our bikes weren’t even decent. We got a couple of hand-me-down bikes from our cousins up the street. Or, rather, my older brothers got those hand-me-downs and then I got them … Read more
Back in high school, I was captain of the baseball team so, at the end of the season, I gave a little speech at the awards banquet. The team chipped-in and we presented a gift to our coaches. I probably said four or five minutes worth of stuff. The specifics escape me, but I remember … Read more
Grade schoolers are malleable. In fourth grade, the music teach put anyone interested in band through an assessment to determine what instrument they should play. Most of the girls were told to play flute, while most of the boys were told to play trombone. Mr. Duck, the band director, said it was because of our … Read more
When I was in high scholl, once both my brothers had moved out to college and beyond, my father wanted to save money in the winter and closed off our attic bedroom. I slept on the pull-out couch in the “TV” room, which was next to my parents’ bedroom. The house was a two-bedroom bungalow … Read more
I went canoeing with my wife over the weekend. We want to canoe more often but we’re not really canoe people. It came up repeatedly during the summer: “We could go canoeing…” But there was always something else going on, some “thing,” just enough distraction to keep us away from the canoe place on the … Read more