The Eulogy I Didn't Give In Church
June 25, 1977 was the first time my mother ever asked me for a cigarette. I laughed a little and pulled out my pack, gave her one and a...
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An 8000 Pound Prairie Dog and Me
On July 31, I became one of Cincinnati Enquirer's story tellers in the USA Today Storytellers Project http://www.storytellersproject.com...
The Flood of 2018
Funny how people get excited to stand at the edge of water that has jumped it's banks. Today, people took lawn chairs down to the levees...
You Can't be Both
Original post: February 15,2018 It was December 2002 when my son posted on MySpace that he could understand why Dylan Klebold might have...
One Woman's March
Original Post: January 19, 2018 All hell broke loose in Cincinnati the summer of 1967 when a black man engaged in an argument with 2...
Solstice Baby
Original post: December 21, 2017 Deep in December my mom would focus her eyes on some distant memory. She'd say, "We didn't think we...
My Brother's Eulogy
Original post: October 5, 2017 When my brother's health began to deteriorate several years ago, I wrote a letter to his estranged...
A Christmas Story
Original post: December 24, 2016 The Advent of Christmas The day before Christmas a little girl grabbed her coat, ran past the cleared...
Going Home
Original post: March 3/2016 Tawny colored, river sand sifted through my stubby 4-year-old fingers. My grandpa cast his bamboo line into...
My Dad's Birthday
Original Post: July 21, 2015 Today would have been my dad's 101st birthday. In the picture above my grandmother is holding my aunt Nancy....
He Asked Her To Dance Post 4: Learning from Photos
Original post: March 5, 2014 I acquired the photo above from my cousin. His dad and mine were brothers. In the email that accompanied the...
"He Asked Her To Dance" Post 3: Spirituality
Original post: February 21, 2018 During the 2012 presidential election, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints took center stage...
"He Asked Her To Dance" Post # 2: Beginnings
Original post: February 6, 2014 Five years ago I was challenged to write about what happened during the time my mother was pregnant with...
"He Asked Her To Dance." Post number 1: Process
Original post: January 28, 2014 There's an old English proverb that goes: "Necessity is the mother of invention." I write out of...
One Day at a Time
Original Post: 5/20/2013 It's been a long journey to get to this point with Paul, and even though it appears that he is worse for wear,...
St. Patrick's Day, 1967
3/16/2013 I’m standing on Race Street just above Seventh in Cincinnati, outside of Frisch’s; the Blue Wisp is there now. It’s freezing...
And Now for Some Good News
Origianl post: February 17, 2013 Last week I went to Paul's room at the Drake Center but Paul wasn't there. His roommate said that he's...
Transitions
Original post: February 6, 2013 What is in the apartment of a sixty-year-old man who has long-term brain injury? Here's a few things:...
This is Paul
Original post Janury 9, 2013 This is my brother, Paul. He turned 60 years old in December. Paul is wheelchair bound, and lives in an...
Paul's Progress, Keeping My Sanity
Original post January 22, 2013 I left for vacation 9 days ago, thinking that Paul's situation had changed, and it had. He was moved from...
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