Jody and I made the cut. We were to report to Tybee Island on Saturday at 6 a.m. to shoot our big scene. It was November, and we were going to be […]
164. The Untimely Death of Corporal Otis Stafford
163. But the Music Makes Her Want to be the Story
A movie came to town. This was big news in little Savannah, not that this was the first film shot in the poor man’s Charleston. The fountain in Forsythe Park was featured […]
162. The Closet Monster
I climbed the flights of stairs leading to our attic apartment. Afternoon light poured through the dormer windows. The place was silent. “Jody?” I said. The apartment was one large space, the […]
161. Cindy Incidentally
She was tall and fit, with big blue eyes and a slight overbite. She wore a thin white blouse that was losing the battle to subdue her curves, as were her Levis. […]
159. Crushin’
Record Bar was a cool gig, but to understand why you need a little background on the music industry. When we talk about a song being a top ten hit, what we’re […]
The Dreams That You Dare to Dream
My buddy Kevin Kehr asked me to contribute a piece to a blog series he’s putting together entitled “Re-Imagining the Afterlife.” I sent him a tale of my grandmother that’s part memoir, […]
158. Martin Luther King and the Great Hopscotch Leap
Force Elementary School stood four blocks from our home on the working class side of Denver. It was a big, red brick rectangle with a flag pole in front and a blacktop […]
157. Disturbance at the Hanner House
Statesboro, Georgia. Jody and I are in a school gym. At one end of the floor rests a stage. Bodies press together to about half court, then the crowd trails off like […]
156. Fragments for a New Years Story
[Following is the piece that I was working on when I learned that Laura B. was gone. It hurt so much, knowing that she’d never read it and leave one of her […]
155. There’s Always Something Happening and it’s Usually Quite Loud
Our new apartment was the finished attic of an old Victorian on the outskirts of Savannah’s historic district. It was one big open space with a bathroom added just to the left […]
Why It Matters 