Proving Someone Right or Wrong
Mateo looked at the paper in his hand and smiled. He felt one of the greatest feelings of satisfaction he had ever felt. But then a memory came back to him—one that was a mix of both good and bad....
View ArticleThe Undesirable Assignment
My friend, Ed, and I were visiting. Like me, he was a teacher at the university. I had just given an exam in my math class, and it had been open for five days. I had sent the students an email reminder...
View ArticleAn Undesirable Assignment and An Unforgettable Lesson
Ed worked for a national park in the summers. One summer, he was given the assignment of working with the park superintendent’s son, David. Ed was only twenty-one, and David was a rebellious seventeen....
View ArticleThe Undesirable Assignment and the Unexpected Twist
Ed worked for a national park in the summers. One summer, he was assigned to have the park superintendent’s son, David, work with him. On the first job, deep in the woods, David had not brought the...
View ArticleThe Undesirable Assignment and the Surprising Change
Ed worked for a national park in the summers. One summer, when he was twenty-one, he was assigned to have the park superintendent’s son, David, a rebellious seventeen-year-old, work with him. On the...
View ArticlePainting the House
There are only a couple of jobs that I really hate to do, and I have been working on one of them this month. I am getting old enough so that I don’t brand cattle anymore, so I was doing the other job I...
View ArticleStress Reliever
When I was young, my mother made me weed garden rows every summer. My parents also assigned me to help my grandmother in her garden. By the time I left home, I was sure I wouldn’t ever want to plant a...
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The Only Trend I’ve Ever Jumped On: Getting a Puppy During Quarantine
I missed getting one of the first original Cabbage Patch dolls for my daughter in the Austin, Texas Sears by two days, and my father would NOT pony up money for white go-go boots in 7th grade. My...
View ArticleGardening With Children
To relieve stress when I was working on my master’s degree, I put a garden in where an old weed patch had been behind our apartment complex. I used a garden fork and turned the soil over by hand. When...
View ArticleSomething New and Better
The children who had watched me work in the garden impatiently waited for the plants to come up in the section I set aside for them. I knew something must be up when I came home from work, and they...
View ArticleA Privy Halloween Operation
The five friends gathered for lunch at their regular spot in the old high school. They always ate together, but Halloween was only a few days away, and they were meeting to plan their activities....
View ArticleSenior Hour
Have you ever had what you considered was a good idea, only to have it backfire? Something that happened recently because of the COVID virus is a case in point. Many stores tried having what they...
View ArticleCurious Grandchildren
I have the smartest grandchildren. Of course, all grandparents think they do, but I really do. My daughter and her family came to spend a few weeks with us in the summer, and I quickly learned how...
View ArticleA Difference in Age
Lindy and her husband, Kevin, were new to our community. Donna, my wife, wanted to get to know them and welcome them in. She made a batch of brownies, and in the evening, we made our way to their...
View ArticleTruly a Day of Thanksgiving
It was Thanksgiving, but Aaron struggled to feel thankful. It was 1918, and the hostilities of The Great War had just ended on November eleventh, though the terms of peace were still being negotiated....
View ArticleClean, Shiny Dishes
My roommate, John, had grown up in a home of privilege with maids and cooks, never having to take care of himself. But just before he came to college, his family fell on hard times. That was how he...
View ArticleA Little Absent Minded
When we visit our children, one thing I really enjoy is pizza and movie night with my grandchildren. It usually gives their parents time for a date, and it gives my wife and me time with our...
View ArticleThe Winter of My Youth – A Bizzing-Time Empire
Ah, December. Finally. Yes, we’re still battling Covid but the elections are behind us and we can be forgiven for taking a break – for taking time to reminisce and bathe oneself in memories of...
View ArticleTen Gifts for Christmas 2020
Number One on my list is food, or its substitute. Have you got food in your house, and extra? A month’s worth? More? I recommend it. More importantly, people with vastly more foresight,...
View ArticleChristmas Change of Heart
Jane hated Christmas, but it hadn’t always been that way. When she was young, she looked forward to Christmas and the magic of it. That didn’t change when she got married. She had hoped for...
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