Carabella (Carabelle, FL) Pt. 1: My Mental Breakdown on I-65 South.
MY STANDARD WARNING: This is not about politics, so if that is all you are interested in, please don't waste your time here. Just go on back to the other diaries. This is just a memory, placed here for...
View ArticleCarabella (Carabelle, FL) Pt. 2: Beautiful Face of my Father.
MY STANDARD WARNING: This is not about politics, so if that is all you are interested in, please don't waste your time here. Just go on back to the other diaries. This is just a memory, placed here for...
View ArticleCarabella (Carabelle, FL) Part Three: This is America.
MY STANDARD WARNING: This is not about politics, so if that is all you are interested in, please don't waste your time here. Just go on back to the other diaries. This is just a memory, placed here...
View ArticleThe Killing of Train Man Brown: A Story about The Post Office.
(My Standard Warning: This is not about politics. It is a short story placed here for the enjoyment of people who have expressed an interest in my writing. If you are only interested in politics...
View ArticleA Quick Laugh: And He Was Such a Good Listener!
A woman who works the window at one of the local post offices told me this story:The Post Office has a cardboard cut-out of a letter carrier with a great big smile greeting customers as they come into...
View ArticleAll The Heart's Fault.
(My Standard Warning: This is not about politics, it is just a story put up for the benefit of those who say they enjoy my writing. So if your only interest is politics, no need to waste your time...
View ArticleJohn Lee Hooker Plays My Blues.
I am sitting in front of Ray’s BBQ in Atalla, Alabama. Alone. Usually I come on my day off and buy sandwiches for myself and my wife and child, and take them home to eat them..Today I am not. I’m just...
View ArticleMy Wish: One (Legal) Round of MMA with George W. Bush.
(Legal Disclaimer: Before the Secret Service and everybody and anybody else gets their panties in a wad that this is a threat, let me say that it is not. This is simply a wish for one legal round of...
View ArticleRoy Moore Jr. Eats His Lunch Alone.
When you are a writer, sometimes a story just falls on your plate. And you have to eat it, especially since there are so many starving writers in the world.That happened to me today.I happened to be...
View ArticleIraq: Oranges and Dead Bodies.
Schools always want money.So my daughter sold oranges. Boxes of them.I wanted nothing to do with it.I hate to lean on friends to buy anything overpriced for schools.We are all already paying taxes for...
View ArticleIraq: Ice Scoop and Mortician Eyes.
The other day I wrote a story called Oranges and Dead Bodies. It was about a neighbor of mine whose job in Iraq is to re-ice the bodies of soldiers before they are sent home.I had taken a box of...
View ArticleThe Christmas Mirror: Santa's Final Letter to a Wonderful Child.
(Note: Don't ask me how I came to be in possession of this letter from Santa to a special child. I'll never tell. But I'll tell you this: I do have his permission to print it. Will.)My Dearest...
View ArticleA Doc in a Box Christmas.
A woman comes in. She has coal black hair. She is carrying a toddler. It has bright red hair.I am in a doc in a box with my wife. It is the day after Christmas...And I thought you might want to be here...
View ArticleUnusual Ad Appears in a Deep South Paper.
Today, December 28, 2009, upon reading the last page of the big local NYT Regional Newspaper, "The Gadsden Times," I saw an advertisement that I never dreamed I would see in a conservative Alabama...
View ArticleNew Years Day: Real Life at Eighty-Two.
My daughter saw the fire truck lights flashing and told my wife.My wife looked and then told me: "Something’s wrong at Bobby’s."I grabbed by light jacket and rushed out into the thirty degree weather,...
View ArticleRacists Wanted for Reality Show about Slavery.
Participants are being sought for a reality show about slavery.Individuals to be considered must be white, of legal age, and either male or female.Those persons who might be considered "hard core"...
View ArticleSon of Sam Shuffle
The latest news is that 1 out of every 5 men of work age is unemployed.I know that many of them must be depressed.I have been unemployed several times in my life and none of them were a...
View ArticleA Man Walks Into A Bar...
(Please see update at end. Thanks.)A man walks into a barbershop. He is old. He asks for the owner.The assistant to the owner is a young woman. She tells him the owner is out for a while, and could she...
View Article"Bush" Radio Ad will make you Bust Out Laughing!
This ad that is appearing on local (Gadsden, Alabama) radio makes me laugh no matter how many times I hear it.The guy doing Bush's voice is excellent! Just wanted to share it with you.Bush voice: OK,...
View ArticleTea Parties in the Snow.
For some reason I remembered just now something strange I witnessed many years ago.And it is a true story.For most of my "career" I have worked Sundays, and I was almost always alone on those days.When...
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