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Bottle Rockets and BB Guns

By pwsadmin / April 30, 2022 / Comments Off

—Do Not Try This Anywhere. Ever.— I had a great childhood. Actually, I’ve had a great life.I mean, for the cards I got dealt, ages Zero thru 20 were somewhat “normal.”—and fun.It’s all because I had a great support system. Growing up, I played everything from chase to Bottle Rocket War and BB-Gun War.I went…

Flag Team

By pwsadmin / April 25, 2022 / Comments Off

While in the School Line today, waiting for School to get out, I watched the “Flag Team” lower the American Flag and fold it up. It reminded me of when I got to be on the Flag Team in Elementary School. It was a great honor to get put on the Flag Team.For one week,…

Good Friday Night

By pwsadmin / April 16, 2022 / Comments Off

—Good Friday Night— It’s Good Friday, 2022. At Night. I can’t sleep, so I decide to ride around.It’s after 10:00 PMThe moon is full, the sky is cloudy, and I see flashes of lightning in the distance. —I can hear the Thunder. This moment feels so familiar to me. Like I’ve done this before.The air…

The Disabled Garden

By pwsadmin / April 16, 2022 / Comments Off

Over the years, I have enjoyed Gardening. —Small Gardening. I would get on my hands and knees and plant the Vegetables that I wanted to grow, and then, each day, I’d get the Weeds out of the Garden and Water the plants.Now, do not think that I’m talking about a Big Garden. No, that’s what…

Love

By pwsadmin / April 14, 2022 / Comments Off

4/13/2022 —Love— I had a Breakdown today. It started over the littlest thing. That’s how they all start.Then, eventually, you get to the truth of the matter. You figure out why you had the breakdown.I began to wail out loud. It was intense. I remembered that one particular surgery, my 30th-something surgery, when my late…

Nickels

By pwsadmin / April 11, 2022 / Comments Off

—Nickels— I’ve often wondered why counterfeiters can’t make their counterfeits identical to real money. Don’t get me wrong; it’s a good thing that they mess up. And I’m against counterfeiting. Dead against it. It-is-not-for-me. My late brother and I once got into trouble for using a copy machine to copy dollar bills.We were kids, and…

Floyd’s Hat

By pwsadmin / April 8, 2022 / Comments Off

To get to my doctor’s office, all of my doctors, I have to drive through Birmingham.Specifically through two areas. One appropriately named “Malfunction Junction,” and another simply known as “280…”And that’s how you say it. “280…” You have to include the ellipsis after saying it. “280…” I got home from my doctor’s appointment yesterday when…

Dana

By pwsadmin / April 6, 2022 / Comments Off

—My Dana— When I was around eighteen years old, I worked at the local pizza place.My female boss at the place was nineteen or twenty and named “Dana.”Dana was a looker. At this time in my life, I took classes at the local college. Dana took classes there as well.She was trying to get into…

The Train Museum

By pwsadmin / March 31, 2022 / Comments Off

—Trains— I’ve always loved trains.We lived right next to a train track when I was younger, and the tracks were about thirty yards from our house. They may have been closer than that. And, When the evening train would come by our house, I would go to my spot so that I could wave to…

Visiting Huntsville

By pwsadmin / March 30, 2022 / Comments Off

—Huntsville— I had to drive to Huntsville today for a Doctor’s Appointment.After the appointment was over, I decided to visit where I used to work. Standing there on the grass, I felt nostalgic. Much of my life had taken place right where I stood.Only then, there was a building here. I was standing where my…