Some people go for the holiday festivity. Others go out of civic pride. For still others, it’s tradition and the opportunity to socialize. I go for the maple bars.
My wife thinks I have an addiction to things that fly. I think of it as more an affinity. And given my affinities for photography and filmmaking, it was probably just a matter of time before my affinity extended to drones. (They’re tools, not toys, Carolyn.)
“Lassie” was the first television show I ever watched. Sunday night, six o’clock, on Grandma’s small black-and-white television. I wanted a dog, just like Lassie. But dogs were expensive. Five dollars at the pet shop in Portland. I worked to earn the money. Two dollars came from walking to kindergarten …
“Lassie” was the first television show I ever watched. Sunday night, six o’clock, on Grandma’s small black-and-white television. I wanted a dog, just like Lassie. But dogs were expensive. Five dollars at the pet shop in Portland. I worked to earn the money. Two dollars came from walking to kindergarten …
“I love barbershop,” she said. I thought that was a good start. “I love to hear the exquisite harmonies as they make the music solely by blending the sounds of their voices.” Yes, we were going to get along fine. “That heavenly sound, I can just sit back and listen …
I’ve been clean for eight years now. But I live with the knowledge that relapse is always just one slip away. And even though the opportunities in Northwestern Montana are limited, it still takes only an oblique stimulation from the environment to bring the memories and that inextinguishable lust rushing …