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Dandelions

Dandelions

Dandelions Kurt sat cold at the end of his driveway, a bowl of sugary offerings for the children settled in his lap. He treasured Halloween, but the festivity was winding down. Night had completely fallen. Most of the children and parents had come and gone. Parents with children dressed as pirates and superheroes and princesses, […]

Escalade Dreams

Escalade Dreams

Escalade Dreams I’m intrigued by certain correlations. Sometimes I’m struck by bits of information and try to fit them together like pieces of a puzzle. The human puzzle, I guess you could (pretentiously) say. One of these bits is the obsession with the Cadillac Escalade. Heck, I probably shouldn’t care. There’s better things to think […]

The Gamble

The Gamble

The Gamble Fitzi went all in on four Queens/8 high. Jimmy beat him with a straight flush of hearts. He raked Fitzi’s chips into his pile. “You buying back in?” Jimmy asked. Jimmy had all the luck. It confounded Fitzi because Jimmy didn’t appear to be much of a man of God. He didn’t even […]

Lab-Grown Meat

Lab-Grown Meat

Lab-Grown Meat There’s an online petition to stop lab-grown meat from being served in schools. When I heard about it, I needed to know more. The petition lists reasons why serving lab-grown meat in schools is a bad idea. These reasons are kind of boring, so I scrolled down to where people have posted videos […]

Fingernails

Fingernails

Fingernails Sometimes, when I cross the line to Indiana, I stop at Howie’s truck stop diner for a pork tenderloin sandwich. See, I was born and raised in Indiana. Now I live just across the state line. But, because I’m a Hoosier by birth, when I go over to Indiana and pass by Howie’s, I […]

Category: mostly true stories

Hempvana Rocket Relief
bullshit, mostly true stories, nonsense

Hempvana Rocket Relief

Hampvana Rocket Relief We were drunk late on a Sunday. It was after all the football games and a full … Continue reading Hempvana Rocket Relief

Jung and Long John Silver’s
mostly true stories

Jung and Long John Silver’s

Jung and Long John Silver’s This guy fancies himself as pretty smart. So smart he graduated with a degree without … Continue reading Jung and Long John Silver’s

Dollar Tree
mostly true stories

Dollar Tree

Dollar Tree The woman in front of me only had 7 items. It was The Dollar Tree where everything is … Continue reading Dollar Tree

Conversion
bullshit, mostly true stories, nonsense

Conversion

Conversion i come home drunk this late saturday night filled with beer and cigarettes to discover there’s a genre of … Continue reading Conversion

Shiny Bluebird
mostly true stories, poetic ramblings, poetry

Shiny Bluebird

Shiny Bluebird i was walking with nobody else around just me listening to music walking among the cornfields when i … Continue reading Shiny Bluebird

Cowboy Cut
mostly true stories, poetic ramblings, poetry

Cowboy Cut

Cowboy Cut a tiny indiana town a summer afternoon of free amateurish professional wrestling in the sweltering town square the … Continue reading Cowboy Cut

Pest Control
mostly true stories

Pest Control

Pest Control I work nights. So when the doorbell rang around noon, I was still on the couch in my … Continue reading Pest Control

Unabridged
mostly true stories

Unabridged

Unabridged As a kid, I didn’t care that much about school. For most of my schooling, my grades were mediocre. … Continue reading Unabridged

The Wagon Ride
mostly true stories

The Wagon Ride

The Wagon Ride The owner of the neighborhood bar where I hang out is 56-years-old, so he’s no spring chicken. … Continue reading The Wagon Ride

Neighbor
mostly true stories

Neighbor

Neighbor My neighbors across the street moved out. They were old. They moved to a new single-story home they were … Continue reading Neighbor

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