1948 was a long time ago, but I remember some things like yesterday. The War was over … and we had won. What a thing that was! People were tired and beat up, but, oh, what a sense of victory… Read More ›
Stories
Our Son Came Home from School
Our son came home from school last week. I wanted to touch him, but I only brushed his cheek. We were both wary, but I really wanted to talk with him, and see how he was doing. So much is… Read More ›
Baseball on the Radio (1944-2020)
It is late in the day. From my porch, I can see the sun moving toward the horizon. I am thinking I have spent a lot of time on this planet, more time than most who still have their wits…. Read More ›
Elaine
As the sun was preparing to set behind the reddish stone buildings and green elms at school, I was walking along the path toward my apartment in Billings Hall. I was trying to catch up with a girl named Elaine… Read More ›
Civics Class (1956)
Outside the school, a light rain fell, dripping down the old red bricks. Inside the 9th grade civics classroom, shiny-clean students with new fall clothes barely noticed the weather as the opening bell rang, and latecomers fumbled with text books… Read More ›
History Class in High School 1960
As I walked into class, absently observing the back side of Cary Ross, the tardy bell rang, and we both scrambled to our seats. If you were not seated when the bell stopped ringing, some teachers would mark you tardy. … Read More ›
Ragged Old Flag – Part II
Walking across leaf-strewn bricks to class. I shuffled my feet, reluctant to give up the freedom of roaming about the campus on a fabulous fall day. Up ahead, I saw Sharon Looman striding purposefully toward the same door I was… Read More ›
ENO-SENSE - Words Making Sense 