Portion Control I thought I knew of all the bogus bible verses people throw around. “The Lord helps those who help themselves.” or “Idle hands are the Read More »
A Crime of Opportunity I never bought the argument about the dangers of friends being a bad influence. I figured it worked both ways based on who was a Read More »
Hi Roomie To this day I don’t know if my college roommate ever came out. I hope he has. I hope he is out and happy and Read More »
Group Dues After a rather lonely ninth grade at my new school I decided that my social survival depended on belonging to a group my sophomore year Read More »
The Great Mel Everyone in camp was crazy about Mel. He was exciting and unpredictable and always very loud; even more so than most junior high program directors. Read More »
My Mom’s Arms She died a while ago, but I recalled a wonderful memory standing at my mother’s graveside. Even after a decade in the California desert, my Read More »
The Beat up Game When I was nine, the beat-up game was our favorite thing to do at recess. Our gang would pretend to beat-up a kid until one Read More »