Monthly Archives: September 2010

After midnight, I sat at the foot of my bed. The room was simple, no decorations. I was being helped by a friend of a friend who lived in a trailer in a small town surrounded by cornfields in Illinois. … Continue reading →

For a few hours I was cool. I was at the raised round booth with a solid wood table at the south west wall of Yesterdays, a local and better quality TGIF type place. I was there with friends from … Continue reading →

I wasn’t very old, still too young to be completely in my body. I was at a point where I walked around hollow, listening to my heart beat, listening to the empty space where I could not bear to think … Continue reading →

We were newlyweds. I was in our 2nd apartment, down the hall from our first apartment (that we left after only a couple weeks when the prettier bigger place opened up) in a small economically depressed down town between two … Continue reading →

Allison and I used to walk through clothing aisles for fun. We’d search for the ugliest article, hold it up for the other to see across the way, make a sound like only a 13 year old can and laugh … Continue reading →

From the day after I turned 17 I waited tables, up until Devyn joined our family. I tried a few other things, but always went back to the fun of visiting a few minutes here and there with regulars, cheap … Continue reading →

In November 1998 I had two pieces published in a small book put out by a writers group I was a part of. One has the same name as this post. Since joining OS exactly a week ago, I have … Continue reading →

This is from my yahoo inbox from a daily email to the group. I agree so much I had to share. “According to the head of psychiatry at Stanford one of the best things that a man can do for … Continue reading →