Fear
What are you afraid of? Does fear cripple you? Do you let fear cripple you? Does fear hold you back from life? So many of us hold back from doing things because we are scared. We are afraid. We are fearful. Is that natural? Or …
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I had to jump
The day was like any other. It was summer. It was the Euclid house. My brother and I were playing, like usual. We had a babysitter, like usual. We were doing stuff we weren’t supposed to, like usual. It was the blue house, just two …
I heard a whisper…
Today’s blog post was inspired by a Facebook post from a friend…thanks Ronn. Call it a whisper. Call it your inner voice. Call it a gut feeling. Call it a hunch. Call it fate. Call it God. Whatever you want to call it, it is …
Kid Friends – Branch and Peggie
It was the Euclid house. His house was the Oak house. We played together all the time. I spent a lot of time at his house. His name was Branch Wolf. Is that not the coolest name ever? He was in my grade. I just …
The slow walk home…
We lived in the Euclid house. The elementary school was Lincoln. It was on Prospect Street. The school was about five blocks from home, almost all uphill. Up Central, up to the fountain on Broadway, and the weird connection of streets to the fountain, up …
The Sooper Dooper Chronicles – chapter 5 – the co-workers
Chapter 5 – the co-workers I started working at Sooper Dooper when I was a sophomore in high school. The paths of our lives are interesting don’t you think? I believe it is not in our hands, but up above. The life changers happen because …
Listening for the significance
I’m sitting here alone. The noise is the wind and a cardboard box unfolding ever so slowly. I’m not playing any music. I’m alone with my thoughts. I’m alone listening. I have so many things to do, yet I sit here in my silence. The …
The Sooper Dooper Chronicles – chapter 4, the customers
Chapter 4 of the Sooper Dooper Chronicles is about the customers. There were many, many customers who came into the store. There were semi-regular, once in a while, rarely and super regular customers. The super regular-scour the on sale ad-would come Wednesdays. That was the …
The Sooper Dooper Chronicles – chapter 3 – the morning ladies
The Sooper Dooper chronicles – the morning ladies If you were lucky enough to work any mornings at Soooer Dooper, you got to work with Pat, Charlotte or Lorraine. If you were really lucky, you got to work with all three at the same time. As …
The Sooper Dooper Chronicles – Chapter 2 – The Trifecta
Kurt Dixon, Marvin Engelhaupt and Frank Denton, The Trifecta. The Sooper Dooper Trifecta. I was lucky to work with all three. Kurt was the store manager. Marvin was the meat manager. Frank was the produce manager. As a bit of background, I worked at the …