If you are like everyone else, I know you’ve noticed that gas prices have gotten higher than they’ve been in years. Why is that? Well, it’s complicated. People blame the oil companies, politicians, OPEC, you name it, but do you know who is really responsible? Us. That’s right, you and Continue Reading
BloodBrothers
I came across a photograph from a long time ago. A group of brothers, a crew if you will, young, tan and strong. I looked a little closer and some sadness crept in, You see I noticed that some of us are gone. Our irreverent band of misfits, our tribe Continue Reading
The King’s Highway
I awoke to the sound of waves slapping the side of the boat. As that August dawn came into focus, I realized that my girlfriend and I had taken her parent’s pontoon boat out on the lake the night before and fallen asleep. The boat was grounded on a sandbar Continue Reading
Innocence Lost
Growing up Catholic in rural Indiana in the 1960’s was, well, challenging to say the least. At the time, when my family moved to a small community from Fort Wayne, there just weren’t a lot of options if you wanted to place your kids in a private school. Fort Wayne Continue Reading
Reverse Pyschology
In the 1970’s, when I went to high school, worked at the local factories and even began college, there wasn’t a lot of money for a nice car. So to get from A-Z with very, very, basic transportation, my friends and I drove wrecks. We called them “Runners”. Clunkers, held Continue Reading
The Swimming Lesson
I was five years old when my mother decided that it was high time I learned how to swim. We lived in Fort Wayne, IN then so we got in the Chevy and drove downtown to the YMCA. Now, most things seem big and imposing to little kids I suppose Continue Reading
Hitchhikers
As the sun began it’s rise in the clear Indiana sky, the promise of another hot, summer day unfolded. I was driving from a friend’s house in a neighboring town. It was the morning of July 4th, 1976. Many thoughts went through my head as I rolled onward. I was Continue Reading