It had been a cool seventy-five degrees in Columbus during the month of August.  By that time, it was usually above ninety-five most days, and we'd begun our longing for autumn.  But at the moment, our a/c was off, the windows were open, and it was too comfortable to go to the public p...  read more

My dog and I found a small nearly perfect rabbit dead in the grass. We both looked at it curiously. She sniffed it while I touched it. It still felt kind of warm and pliable. Its little ribs were sharp through its flesh. Its little legs could still be moved fairly easily. It was hard to say what ...  read more

We had been fighting. I was mad. She was hurt. We were both right, and we both refused to budge an inch. I had decided to drop it, and had taken refuge in the kitchen, where I couldn't see her face. She had taken to doing laundry. The phone rang shortly after, and she answered it from the living ...  read more

Nathan's uncle died this morning. It came as a shock that it should happen so soon. It had seemed that he had at least another couple of months. He was doing better than he had been in a while.But what do I know. They're going to scatter his ashes in the Green River. Which is illegal, but Nat...  read more

Grandma Mamie was actually the second wife of my late-great-Grandpa Foster.  But she always was family to us, and I loved her.

Once or more often twice a year I went to the mountain cemetery. It’s a nice and quiet place to walk. My dead family is too far from here, but ex-wife family is here. So, I stay a couple of minute and speak with them. They were nice with me and even I was divorced, I went to see them near...  read more

When my family moved out of the city into a suburb, I experienced severe culture shock at my new school.  I had attended a mixed-race private laboratory school for the city’s university.  My new school was virtually all white.  We may have had one or two black students.&nb...  read more

Today something tragic happened. A student in Barry's film class was killed in a car accident last night. Barry called me at work to tell me. He was really broken up about it. The student was really close to graduating and he and Barry just saw each other on Friday. They were laughing and joking ...  read more

I learned of this on Dandelife. Then I searched on Google. This what happens when you don't have a TV and don't read newspapers. I liked that actor since "10 things I hate about you". Loved his smile, the shape of his face, his hair and... his acting skills. I remember getting totally hyper a...  read more

Heath Ledger found dead in his hotel room, naked and on the floor. There are sleeping pills in the room, and he did report that he had trouble sleeping since filming 'Dark Knight'.