It was just your typical Wednesday night. The family had eaten dinner without dad, yet again. Then it was off to their rooms for Carson and his brother Christopher to do their homework. The silence throughout the house was suddenly broken by the sound of a diesel engine and insistent beeping of a backup alarm. [...]
Category: Stories
Flash of the Dash
This weeks entry is a little something different. While it is true that it is a part of a story it is not fictional as most of them are. It is part of a longer piece that have been working on for sometimes now. The events depicted and the conversations are presented to the best [...]
City Dweller
Oswald spent his childhood and most of his adult life living in a city. To him there was nothing better than to wake up to the sound of the bustling city on the streets outside his apartment window. He loved the frantic speed that everyone especially himself moved at. There was never time to [...]
The Brooch
Year by year we all grow a little older and more nostalgic for the good old days. I know for me as I’ve aged in years and there are more and more grays sprinkled in my once lush and now thinning hair, I have come to appreciate the good things in life. What better way [...]
Haunted Fort
It’s been 242 years since the sounds of cannon and muskets rang out from the fort along the lake. Back then it was an important line of defense for the fledgling little country. During it’s time in active use it saw its share of disease, petulance, and of course battle. Now this once great fort [...]
Town Band Stand
I grew up in a small picturesque kind of town. Main street had a lot of charm. Even with it being a major thoroughfare in the state, it was still a relatively peaceful setting. On main street, there was an old-fashioned country store, where you could get almost anything your heart could desire. If by chance [...]
Self Storage
Everyday people drive by storage units and never know what’s located within them. For the most part, no one ever even gives it much thought. Of course, unless you are one of those people who buy’s storage units when the owner fails to pay the rent. Now people would say that I am an unusual [...]
The Wall Street Farmer
My parents spent a lot of money on my education. Not just college, but, all the way from pre-K and up. They wanted the for me. In the long run, it payed off. I went to Ivy league business school. My entire time there the lowest grade I ever got was a 3.9 one semester. [...]
Small Town Life
For the past dozen years or so I have been living in a small mountain town. In my mind I have become a local during that time. I know a large number of people throughout my town and the surrounding towns. Of course there are people that I might not know on a first name [...]
The Old Oak Tree
Years have passed since I last thought about my childhood or the home in which I grew to be the man I am today. I had a very humble beginning, just a poor boy living and do chores around the family farm. We didn’t have a lot to say the least, but, we always had [...]
