Tag Archives: Hometown

The Creek Bed

In the woods next to our childhood home, there is a creek bed. It’s dry during the summer as there is little rainfall, but it flows wide open during the fall and winter months because of more rain and the occasional snow. As mentioned in my previous post, I rescinded my membership in the “playingContinue reading “The Creek Bed”

Day Two

We drove across Wyoming in mid-January back in 2021. The snow blasted across the road in front of us as we inched slowly across the massive patches of ice. Vehicles were zooming past us. That same day, we counted six semis overturned by the inland hurricane winds ripping across the land. We vowed we wouldContinue reading “Day Two”

Lighten Up a Little

Don’t sit near a pool and complain about getting splashed. Words to live by. I recently heard someone complaining about going to a pool where children were having a good time. They got splashed by the little tykes. I have so many questions for them. 1. Why did they go to the pool? 2. DidContinue reading “Lighten Up a Little”

Myself

I thought I might be someone famous And I might sail the seven seas But all that happened was I grew up to be me. A little boy in the woods I fought some bloody wars Protecting all the goods Inside the treehouse fort It was mediocrity at best Nothing more than that Cards closeContinue reading “Myself”