And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. Matthew 24:6-8 THE FIRST TIME I HEARD OF THE DEAD was reading how the Diggers burned “Hippie” in effigy in Life magazine in the summer […]
Heald
LAST SUNDAY, I HAD JUST FINISHED my route and was lying in bed peering over the mountain that is my 62-year-old gut watching “Ancient Aliens” on the History channel when I got a text from Heald College: They were going out of business the next day and I was to pick up my transcript Wednesday. […]
Until heaven
LAST FRIDAY AT 5:30 P.M. I COULD TASTE BLACK JACKS IN THE BACK OF MY MOUTH. I knew self-pity was having its way with me and I was skating on ice with a blowtorch not too far behind. I was about to get out of bed, put on my pants and head toward a meeting […]
Spalding, part II
Editor’s note: Second of two parts. Read part one by CLICKING HERE. WE WALKED OVER THE DARK BROWN LINE on the brown floor that separated the spent from the strong, the damaged from the whole, to a large conference room around the corner. There were six people in the room: two female Air Force captains […]