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A Gathering of Crazy People
A Gathering of Crazy People
Our neighborhood was a gathering of crazy people, but only a couple stand out, one…
An Ordinary Forest
An Ordinary Forest
It was an ordinary forest, as far as spooky-looking woods go, filled mostly with craggy…
You Don’t Beat the River
You Don't Beat the River
It was a good day for being on the river—warm, bright, a few clouds to make the sky…
Mother Kept on Singing
Mother Kept on Singing
When I slept at Aunt Josephine’s, in Middle, mother’s hometown - I slept alone.
A…
Predestined Events
Predestined Events
Homelessness, like hunger, exists at the soul level. One might dwell in magnificent…
A Profound Religious Experience
A Religious Experience
The room embodied religion. As soon as I opened the door, blinked away the disbelief, and…
Brenda Simpson’s Journey of Self-Improvement
Self-Improvement
Brenda Simpson was certainly no stranger to bookstores. No libraries, mind you, but…
The Wanderer
The Wanderer
I've been a wanderer all my life...
I travel around the world to forget people I meet every day.…
Stranger in the Attic
Stranger in the Attic
I couldn’t have been older than eight when it happened.
Weekends in summer, my parents…
Death Goes To Hell
Death Goes To Hell
Death is not supposed to die. That’s the problem. Here I sat in a pile of reaped souls while…
If It’s Thursday Night, My Name is Lola (2/2)
My Name is Lola
It's Thursday Night at The Slippery Salamander Art Gallery - Lola's second adventure.
(Check…
If It’s Thursday Night, My Name is Lola (1/2)
Thursday Night
An impromptu reaction to an unexpected and random comment set me on an unusual path and a life…
Grandmother’s Bleeding Hearts
Bleeding Hearts
That damn radio blasted day and night with church songs - she would sing with the announcer,…
Alex Eversen – First Love (18+)
Alex Eversen - First Love
Ah, the adolescent years when the traumas of school form everlasting habits and…
The Sad Fate of Spatako the Commercial Driver
Spatako the Commercial Driver
Everyone called him “Spatako,” and he was a commercial driver plying the Lagos…