It’s a very strange thing, looking at a vacant lot where the City Pool once was. We lived next door to it when I was a little kid, and as such, it was a status symbol to be that kid that lived next door to the pool. My sisters and I learned to swim before … Read more
Back in the late 1970’s we were nothing if not a fit bunch of people. We drank hard, but we worked hard, and we played hard, too. During the summer, all of us would go to Lake Eufaula, whose real name was Lake Walter F George but no one ever called it that. Things were … Read more
I’m officially a Geezer, having two old man operations in three years. The Diverticulitis, which if you can spell without help you’re old, was sudden and life threatening. The Bilateral Hernia was something I’ve lived with for years, and finally decided to do something about it before nature did. Doctor Sanders is an interesting young … Read more
Lowe’s is like daycare for retirees. You’ll see a bunch of gardening geezers ambling happily from aisle to aisle, picking random items up, holding them at arm’s length to see what the price is, squinting, and finally putting it back because it cost a dollar more than it did back in 1978. Me? I’m always … Read more
History, as I see it, is like the waves of an ocean. You couldn’t tell one from the other, all of them, no matter how different they are, can be seen as the same. The forces that create waves may make one larger, or stronger, or more destructive than a million that came along in … Read more
It’s been a productive week writing. Finally, the time available and the muse have decided to get in bed together, and it’s a good thing. Steven King once suggested writing two thousand words a day, and by that, he meant two thousand words that connected to two thousand other words before and after and were … Read more
The owner of the coffee place sat down with me yesterday, and it’s one of those things, one of the interactions with people I’m getting used to now. It doesn’t make it easier, and it doesn’t make things better, but the fact that I’m used to it now, and getting immune to it, tells me … Read more
Despite my better judgment telling me not to do it, I ventured into the land of online classified ads to find a kayak. After all, I am retired again, have no real money coming in except my pension, and there’s a yearning to get out into nature. Having a small watercraft seemed perfect. I found … Read more
A friend of mine always wanted to move out to the country, said he hated being in town, so he bought five acres and built a house. The first thing he did was cut down a bunch of trees, planted grass, and built a patio so he could sit outside and enjoy nature. I came … Read more
I wake up and it has to be late, really late, maybe even time to get up. Damn, I left a candle burning in its jar and that’s the only light to be seen. But maybe it’s time to get up anyway. Sleep doesn’t feel possible right now. “Alexa, what time is it?”“The time is … Read more