Peeing in the Dark…

I was all alone, deep in the countryside at Slippery Falls, just northwest of Tishomingo, Oklahoma. Chigger bites covered my…

Marriage Ruins Everything…

My first real kiss with my future wife occurred 40 years ago this coming month (November 1982).

The Giant Who Stood 5'5"…

I grow weary of saying these goodbyes.

Sometimes once

But never always…

“Son, how was work today?”

A Different Kind of Easter Story…

“Son, get behind me.”

I Was Rich Before I Made My First Dollar

You can have A LOT of money and still be poor.

A Million Little Cuts…

Last night, I was cleaning out my home office. The flooring people are coming tomorrow, and my office will have to be…

Soon, these drives will end…

She is staring at me, unblinking, with her right eye.

At dusk, low dark clouds would scrape my ears;

And shards of lightning tore the skin of my back…

As The World Expands, It Gets Smaller…

In Jr. High and High School, Bonnie Perryman was my 2nd Mom.