My very first day ever of school was horrible. It was not the typical separation anxiety from my Mom; I was excited about going to school. My sister had been going for a year and bringing home the wonders of reading and finger painting and I was eager. I will grant you that I had [...]
When my grandmother died almost 30 years ago, the only thing that remained of her life was a shoebox with a few possessions and one granddaughter who loved her. The image of that shoebox burned into my teenage memory as a symbol of pathos. She had spent a lifetime building up defenses to protect her [...]
I personally do not enjoy hot, spicy food. For me, the pain that my tongue, gums, and mouth experience eliminates all ability for my taste buds to register taste. I am left with throbbing pain and numbness. It is not something I like to repeat. I appear to be alone among my friends in this [...]
Everyone in the surrounding farm community where I grew up knew the service was starting in our church when they heard the bell ring from our steeple each Sunday. It was a huge privilege for the kids in church to help my Dad pull the rope. He would carefully select someone from his Sunday school [...]
Pursuing Fear When I was young, I loved that tingle of fear I got from watching those grade B 1950’s era studio-made horror movies. Movies like Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (where did she get her clothes?), The Thing that Could Not Die, and my all time favorite Ed Wood classic, Plan 9 from [...]
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