For the last two or maybe three weeks I have been fighting a losing battle with a chair from the dinner table that seems to move on its own. It suddenly started doing this after I removed the center leaf from the table. I have come to believe we have a poltergeist in our home.…

Dad grew up in Iowa’s snow country before moving to Oklahoma. Occasionally a light snow would blanket the valley floor along the north coast of California. But it would soon disappear as the sun rose to its summit in the daytime sky. Miniature snowmen of about one or two feet would suddenly appear. It was…

At first I figured I really had nothing to write about. Then a friend at church said, “Have you ever made a list of things you find interesting about yourself?” She wasn’t speaking directly to me or the idea for an article, but her question triggered an idea. It took me a while and a…

  Here are eight things I think might help just about any relationship. I base them on my experience and not much more. Okay, so saying ‘any relationship’ might be a stretch but they are some pretty good ideas. 1. Don’t interrupt while busy. For me if I’m busy reading, writing, on-line or watching the…

The instructor could over hear the two trainees talking. “Yeah, they call him ‘Mad-Dog’,” the one said to the other. Tommy smiled to himself as he thought back on how he came to end up with the nickname. It was years ago.Tommy was seven years old when he had a peculiar mishap. He was playing…

Tommy was behind the rest of the group, who had already finished their initial interview with the doctor. But Tommy was left behind because the doctor wanted to ask more questions of him. He was interested in the x-ray photograph of Tommy’s face where the left eye socket showed an irregularity. He needed to know…

It seems like I can’t get it through my thick skull that it is a new year. I keep writing out checks and letters and having to mark out the year because I put the wrong one down. This has been a continuing struggle for me since I was in grade school. I can recall…

“Looks like rain to me,” Tommy said. “Yes, I know, relied Cathy over the phone, “but Momma already called and confirmed the flight.” Tommy just moaned, “Oh.” “Don’t be sad Tommy,” Cathy said. She had expected this from him it hurt deep inside her but there was nothing that she could do. If only her…

It had started two weeks before when Karen had called me and said, “We need to get your truck moved before it gets towed” I was in agreement, however life happened and his wife, Mary’s father died and the entire family had to go out of town for funeral arrangements and the funeral. The next time I heard…

The sun beat down hot on Tommy as he stood there in the lonely post of right field. Beads of sweat dribbled from him. They dropped to the earth in large fat beads. The heat and the boredom were getting to Tommy’s brain. Nothing ever happened in right field. The other team always hit to…