Stories from the Steps

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  • An 11 year old with a bookie…

    STORIES FROM THE STEPS, VOLUME 3, CHRONICLE 2: Let me tell you a story about an 11 year old with a bookie & what that boy learned 52 years ago today & offer a slice of ‘70s life.      I got… Continue reading

    An 11 year old with a bookie…

  • Vol. 3 Chronicle 1

    “I have never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” Thomas Jefferson, 1801 The Facebook memory machine relays that this group met for dinner on this day eight years… Continue reading

    Vol. 3 Chronicle 1

  • Thank you to everyone for making 2025 a success for this little writing adventure. It began two years ago, a crusade of creativity into sports, music & pop culture. An effort hoping with each effort to equal creatives with words… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 2, Chronicle 35: Genesis

    FOREWORD: Three years ago, December 16, 2022, these steps met their final student footprints. In the past three months, they met their demise.      I didn’t know it lying on that couch in Pearl, Mississippi that “Stories from the Steps”, with… Continue reading

    Vol. 2, Chronicle 35: Genesis

  • Vol. 2, Chronicle 34, “TRIBE”

    “…Oh, so hold on to the ones who really care, In the end, they’ll be the only ones there…”from “MMMBop” by Hanson MY 2025 BOOK & WORD OF THE YEAR: In an upset, a reread claims both titles. TRIBE. It… Continue reading

    Vol. 2, Chronicle 34, “TRIBE”

  • Vol. 2, Chronicle 33 1/2

    SHALLOW THOUGHTS FROM THE DEEP END WITH MISS JULIE’S POOL BOY IN HIS P.E. OFFICE, 4 ½ days ‘til Christmas Break edition: This week, MJPB pondered a silent pool phone while side hustling in the physical education world. He pondered… Continue reading

    Vol. 2, Chronicle 33 1/2

  • Vol. 2, Chronicle 32

    NOT MUCH TO BE THANKFUL ABOUT(?): These last 13 months have been, if not the most challenging period of all my circuits around the sun, they’re certainly in the team picture.  According to one fella that crossed my path this… Continue reading

    Vol. 2, Chronicle 32

  • Vol. 2, Chronicle 24

    SUNDAYS & SEPTEMBER 7th’s WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL:  On September 7, 1974, exactly fifty one trips around the sun ago as I write, I watched the white with orange “T” helmeted Tennessee Vols play UCLA on TV. Like all our… Continue reading

    Vol. 2, Chronicle 24

  • Vol 2, Chronicle 23

    STORIES FROM THE STEPS, VOLUME 2, CHRONICLE 23, DEFINITIONS:      Urban slang & the great guitarist Jimi Hendrix have a differing definition of “gypsy eyes” than me. I’ve increasingly felt that the eyes of that nomadic lifestyle are wise & tough… Continue reading

    Vol 2, Chronicle 23

  • Vol. 2 Chronicle 22

    LIBARY (sic) DAZE : My circumstances have led me to the library over the last 3 weeks. The first fortnight, a group project moving a school library from the 1st floor to the 2nd.       As with all group projects,… Continue reading

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