Life Stories.
Real Experience.
First-person narratives based on real human experiences. The moments that change us. The relationships that define us. The lessons we carry forward.
The Fireworks That Brought Us Back
For three years I stood alone in my own backyard on the Fourth of July, lighting the exact same fireworks my son Kevin and I... Read more
The Coupon Lady Who Saved Our Store
I have been clipping coupons since the Carter administration, and for most of those years the only people who noticed were the cashiers who sighed... Read more
My Mother-in-Law and the Casserole War
The casserole arrived before I did. I want you to understand the timeline, because the timeline is the whole problem. I came home from the... Read more
The Bingo War That Made Us Friends
There is a particular sound a bingo dauber makes when you slam it down on a card just a little harder than you need to,... Read more
The Barber Who Listened
I have been cutting hair in the same chair, in the same shop, on the same square in the same small town for fifty years.... Read more
The Recipe Card She Never Turned Over
For forty one years I lost to the same woman. Her name was Hollis Lundqvist, and every August, at the Cleabourne County Fair, in the... Read more
Grandpa Fell for His Smart Speaker
We bought it as a joke. That is the part I have to start with, because it is the part I am most ashamed of... Read more
The Neighbor Across the Street
I am seventy-one years old, and until this past spring I believed I had reached the age where nothing new could happen to me. I... Read more
The Wrong Text That Brought Them Back
My phone is the newspaper now. Has been for eleven years, ever since the Tillerton Weekly folded and old Ferd Quackenbush packed his printing press... Read more
The Group Chat That Brought Us Back
I am sixty-seven years old, and until last spring the most complicated piece of technology I owned was a slow cooker with a timer I... Read more
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