Paste Buckets and Sweet Peas
Daddy prided himself on his yearly garden. No paste bucket that had been emptied at the floor covering shop went…
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When the Chimney Shook
Daddy didn’t contemplate life before him in rhetorical terms. He might ask the questions, but he’d already accepted the circumstances…
Plywood
I’m sure my father never thought twice about the plywood he delivered to my junior high school that day; but…
Accordionist Angst
I began music lessons on April 9. The good news was that I had talent and an ear for music. …
A Numbers Game
Daddy would get depressed on occasion, but he’d always played sports, so when he no longer was active himself, he…
DNA of Carpetbaggers
I was really captured by the Great Society Program begun by President Johnson. I told Daddy that I thought this…
Time to Break
A Daddy’s Girl despite why we argued or how; Thus, better to hide among life’s background noise. Six decades have…
Household Expectations
When the doorbell rang and it was one of Daddy’s business friends, we enjoyed it as much as the adults. …
Rocky Road and Silly Rabbit Trails
I don’t imagine that old John made too many of these treats, since he worked alone so much of the…