The Tree Surgeon
It was 5 pm and the traffic was at crawl when Homeward bound motorist noticed a Tree Surgeon dangling from a Pine tree over their heads like a Christmas Tree ornament. Suspected comments probably ranged from “O My God” to “What a Dumb Ass”, and in typical Philadelphian manner they just kept moving preserving their [...]
“The Black Whip, Part 2″
With my twenty five cents in hand surrounded several dozen noisy kids we storm the Movie theater. Zorro’s Black Whip is about to begin. When we left last week Zorro was rescuing a Damsel from inside the Stage Coach as it was going off the Cliff. Like wise last week I was staring at the [...]
“The Black Whip”
Saturdays with hundreds of other screaming kids at the Lehigh Ave theater I would be watching “The Black Whip” serial movies. Those Saturday Matinees would show one chapter each week with nail biting endings drawing the kids back to see what happen next week after the “Stage Coach” went off the cliff. This and other [...]
Promptings
He laid there hidden by the bush for hours. Two women, oblivious to the bush and its’ hidden secret, just continued batting tennis balls, back and forth, back and forth, until finally one ball sails over the fence. The forerunner to his body’s discovery was now the tennis ball for it landed next to his [...]
“The Starboard Gunwhale”
The Starboard Gunwhale (a nautical term describing the top edge of the side of a boat pronounced “gunnel”) of a ten foot row boat was crushing my chest while gallons of water began to drown me. My Life did not flash before my eyes like some would think, but thoughts of “You stupid idiot” did. [...]
“Only on the Black Keys”
The ship was taking on water from the storm at an alarming rate and the possibility of the vessel broaching became eminent. Over five hundred passengers plus the crew had little hope for survival from the raging sea. The Captain fearing the worst stood alone on the deck crying out for “GOD have mercy” [...]
“Ride Em Cowboy”
We were so excited! Our second home was a small ranch with living room that had a beautiful beamed Cathedral ceiling. Hold it, you have now idea where I starting with this saga. Sorry, the year is 1968 and I’m married with two children, a son ten and a daughter six. We had just purchased [...]
“He was Voted Most Likely To Not Make It”
Good looks he had plenty, but his penchant for trouble out weighed them. Ever see a new born puppy fighting to get in line to be fed. That would be him, trouble was his meal and bad behavior his dessert. “Voted Him Most Likely To Not Make It” could easily be the consensus if his [...]
“The Latchkey Kid”
I , like many others from my early years, was known as a “Latchkey” child. The harshness of those days on families demanded that children at a young age assume adult responsibilities for their lives while the parent (usually a single Mother) was at work. Thus the term “Latchkey Kid“. A term meaning to be [...]
“RE: The Little Pager that Could”
I’ve been researching this week articles for background information to use in my next Post. The title looks like it might be “Only the Black Keys”, but that may change. So today to give myself more time to sort things out, I went into the Archives and am re-posting this piece I wrote last March. [...]
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