22 November I don’t remember when I started doing it, but at some point I realized that about once a year or so I would mentally go over the dogs I’ve had and loved throughout my life. There was…
What a Gal
The night before I got married… Wait. Let me back up. I knew that when I married Mister I would be moving from St. Louis to Dallas. So several weeks before the wedding, I moved all my stuff – including…
Catheryn June
We met at a cookie exchange party. One of the hosts had put me to work in the kitchen by handing me a recipe and a bowl and pointing to a counter piled with various ingredients. I glanced at…
Once Upon a Time in a New York Elevator…
A couple of days ago I read that the lead singer of Roxette, Marie Fredriksson, had died. I wasn’t much of a Roxette fan, truth be told. But I knew of them. Reading about Fredriksson’s death didn’t tug…
Trapped in a Trailer
Note: I’m working on a book and it’s got me road-tripping back and forth across my childhood. One road led to this post. When you’re 12 and locked in the bathroom of a trailer in the woods,…
Get Down on The Ground
We’re watching the 3rd season of “Narcos” on Netflix and we’re taking our time with it. The bit of history that’s thrown in with the dramatization is quite interesting. I’m sharing this so that you’ll understand where I’m…
Happy Bricks
I had heard it before. But I had never really listened. It was March 1980. Kim Cox was having a birthday party at the Holiday Inn in Griffin, GA. Her step-daddy, Lee, was the manager of the…
Wary of Heat
When I was a kid, living with my great-grandparents, conditioned air was nowhere to be found. There wasn’t so much as a window unit in the bedroom where 6 of us slept (no lie). In the heat of…