FROM APRIL 17, 2014 I have seen the look. So damned many times. It had been a while, though. The kids I hang out with these days don’t need me to encourage such things so much. Their parents and family make sure of that. But the dad of my current bunch of young-ins, my son, … Continue reading
FROM NOVEMBER 5, 2012 The kid qualified. He defined the “troubled youth” label he carried with him through some youthful years. He tried to understand things and sometimes he did. When he followed what was deep in his heart, he understood like no young teen I have ever known. He knew how to make me … Continue reading
We all do stuff to help other folks from time to time. Most of us do those things to feel better about ourselves. I get that. I’ve done that. I do that. Look, I really do not want to delve into many details here. But this is a story that combines the love and the … Continue reading
FROM DECEMBER 21, 2009 Actually – I really don’t care too much for Christmas. I guess I did as a kid. In fact, I’m sure I did. You know. Running to the living room to see if Santa brought what I had asked for. He always did. I got older. The magic kind of … Continue reading
From December 14, 2009 Today we are saying goodbye to Greg Shriver. He was one of a group of us “professional” friends who have stuck together for a while, leaning on each other, helping each other, waiting and trying for better times. I call us “professional friends” because we work together and we are friends. … Continue reading
From December 2, 2009 And… They’re off! The Christmas season has begun! Black Friday was a huge success. Or a huge failure. Depending on whether or not you actually found what you wanted. A couple of years ago, I was with my son, Matt, and his first-born, Sy. We were in Jacksonville, … Continue reading
Some of you folks, lovable ones in almost every other context, have blind-sided me for the final time. That’s it. I’m done. I think I’ve said this before, but this time I mean it. You people have left me almost no choice. Drastic stuff will happen – necessarily. It started years ago with the ex-wife. … Continue reading
There are a couple of guys I know. One guy is, like me, older. The other is very young. I met the older guy when I was attending The University of North Carolina. I met the younger one recently on Facebook after my son told me about the kid and of his YouTube antics. Like … Continue reading
FROM MAY 6, 2014 I’ve never been much on lyrics. I am more of a musical sound kind of guy. I listen to tunes and beats and riffs that sound good. If it sounds good, I really do not care what are the words being sung. Easter Sunday morning, I woke up with an Elton … Continue reading
FROM MAY 21, 2014 I am selfish. Like all of us, I am very selfish. I do things that make me feel good about myself. I do things that I love. That’s natural, I guess. And I do love to write. Without that selfish love, I probably wouldn’t write at all. But without those about … Continue reading
