It Is Odd What We Remember
May 31, 2023 – I fondly recall my mother’s chocolate cake with pecans, playing cops and robbers, shooting marbles, and reading comic books. My memories include the stories other people …
Camp Out
May 31, 2023 – On a spring evening in 1950, my younger brother, me, and another 9-year-old boy decided to camp out. It would be in the great outdoors—my backyard. …
Twinkling of an Eye
May 24, 2023 – Someone characterized the “twinkling of the eye” as the time it takes for light to enter, reach the back of the eye, and be reflected out. …
The Legacy of the Rolling Store
May 24, 2023 – Sitting on my grandparent’s front porch, I saw the approaching dust cloud signaling the soon-to-arrive rolling store. My grandparents and the other customers could expect the …