Still Standing On That Shore
love you. at the end of every conversation. love you. and I respond: I know you do. and because I…
Author: froghavenlady
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Mom always had the radio on in the kitchen. Normally, she liked country music and we would make fun of…
Choice of Sundays
Family activities didn’t vary very much during the year. The folks decided where we were going – if we were…
Deliveries on Rubberneck
In the fifties and sixties, we had several companies that delivered their food products to the homes on Rubberneck Avenue. …
Our Corner of America
One of the nice things about growing up in the Bay Area was living among all the different backgrounds that…
Sidewalks
Of course not! Mom insisted that her only son would never have etched his initials in the cement section down…
Accordionist Angst; Part Two
My musical ability had pleased my folks. It was just another way of bringing smiles to one’s parents…no harm in…
The New Forty
The fashion and health magazines purport that age sixty is now the new forty. Like so many exciting opportunities presented…
Folklore Can Be Such A Drag…
(Knock on the door; woman in apron answers, sees a plain clothes man who flashes his I.D.) DUM. DA DUM…