“Jake and his Hot Trans-Am” Part 2
To give you an idea of how I swept the chicks off there feet at school. Do you remember that TV show “Kung Fu” with David Carradine? Whenever David got into a scrape or a had problem he’d remember some specific moment from his “Grasshopper” days back in the Shaolin Temple. This style of having…
The “Old Man’s” Gift
“Hey, Dad I’m turning thirty-two this week.” “Well, that beats the Hell out of turning seventy-two.” “Aar! Ha! Ha! Ha!” The familiar laugh barked over the phone. The Old Man considered himself to be a real Card at times. “What are you doing for your Birthday, Son?” “Aww, I got nothin’ planned, Dad.” “C’mon over…
The “Old Man” Comes Through
When my parents split up – I had hoped we could stay living in our beautiful home in Los Gatos. Unfortunately, the Old Man, furious at being exiled by Mom put the kibosh on that dream pronto. No, things were never the same the day the Mayflower Moving Company arrived to take our furniture to…
“Camp Shady Pines” Summer Camp from Hell! Part 3
After ” free time” and an uninspired supper of franks n’ beans and jello the whole camp was herded off to a firepit where we forced to sing Army songs. That being done we escorted back to our cabins where we were told to expect a big super fun day of Camp Activities starting in…
*Flash Fiction*A Leap of Faith
“Do not spend your time sadly thinking about the past. Spend it dreading the future.” Chah-Lee The Inscrutable Philospher From “Cosmic Notes from Beyond the Cosmos” * “Holy Smokes! Would at that thing!” “Why it must be a hundred feet tall!” Actually the cement diving platform was only thirty two feet in height – but…
“Jake & his Hot Trans Am” Part 1
IntroductionI recount my friendship with my pal Jake, whose motto was “Fast Cars and Fast Women!” A Giant towered over me in Biker leathers, greasy, bleach blonde trashed hair, built like a lineman from the Rams Football Team, a Marlboro butt clenched in her teeth. At least I thought it was a she, a chick,…
*Flash Fiction* “The Price of Love”
I guess I’d better buy her one of those dumb things,” I thought as I stood staring at the Florist case filled with Orchids. The problem was they were expensive and considering who I was taking tgo the Prom – I didn’t see the point. Valerie Campbell wasn’t my first choice or even my fifth…
“Camp Shady Pines” Summer Camp from Hell!! Part 2
And so without further ado, I was enrolled for a one week 1963 Summer Session at Camp Shady Pines. I, of course, was not consulted over the matter. As for my brother, Matty, he was given a pass as he was deemed too “emotionally frail” to make the one week exile. I soon found myself…
*Flash Fiction* “Crime n’ Punishment”
I was in trouble…again. The Old Man had been notified of my crime and I was waiting for him to come home from work. I never sensed he enjoyed being the executioner, my personal Torquemada of the Holy Inquisition. A few times I had caught a tear in the Old Man’s eye as he told…
“For Those Who Missed the Rock” Part 4
By the time I met with the Marine I was supposed to replace as Company Clerk at HQ – I was pretty out of it from hunger and fatigue. The soldier’s name was PFC Sherman. He was assisted by a Private named Sanchez. Sanchez had this annoying habit of applying chapstick to lips every five…