Stories from the Steps

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  • Vol.1, Chronicle 33

    IT’S 2:35 AM, NO POWER, & THEN THERE WERE KIDNEY STONES: A windswept stormy night has shifted conservative overreaction, outrage, & offense of the French & their ceremonies on the socials to the 1st world dilemma of complaint of no… Continue reading

    Vol.1, Chronicle 33

  • Vol.1, Chronicle 32

    THE WEDNESDAY FOOTBALL FIX, 1974 WITH LOTTIE & JULIA: As days sometimes thunder by slowly & the years are greased lightning, I find myself recognizing deeds that went by without applause. I find the words in Maya Angelou’s “Continue” both… Continue reading

    Vol.1, Chronicle 32

  • Vol.1, Chronicle 28

    VOLUME 1, CHRONICLE 28, BOTH INDEPENDENCE DAYS & PLYMOUTH ROCK: INTRO: The 6 or 7 minute read that follows in 3 chapters, is my pastor’s fault. This Sunday past, he basically told our congregation, those that weren’t thinking of beating… Continue reading

    Vol.1, Chronicle 28

  • Father’s Day

    VOLUME 1, CHRONICLE 26, FATHER’S DAY 2024, ABSENT YET PRESENT: Sometimes I write, to paraphrase Maya Angelou, because it’s agony to bear an untold story in the soul or like today, I’m an empty penitent seeking a filling communion, seeking… Continue reading

    Father’s Day

  • Vol.1, Chronicle 25: Streak of Love

    STREAK OF LOVE: In Philadelphia, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, sits a legendary gymnasium named The Palestra. Outside that old barn’s front doors is a plaque that reads: “To win the game is great. To play the… Continue reading

    Vol.1, Chronicle 25: Streak of Love

  • Vol.1, Chronicle 24

    HAPPY ANNIVERSARY & THANK YOU TIMES TWO, SHALLOW THOUGHTS FROM THE DEEP END WITH MISS JULIE’S POOL BOY: The Facebook memory machine tells me it’s been one year since MJPB went from hit & run guerrilla tactics to a shock… Continue reading

    Vol.1, Chronicle 24

  • Vol 1, Chronicle 23, Casualties of War

    VOLUME 1, CHRONICLE 23, MEMORIAL DAY, CASUALTIES OF WAR: By the time most read this, local scouts will have spent their Saturday morning placing flags on white markers at National Cemetery in observance of Memorial Day. My Dad returned from… Continue reading

    Vol 1, Chronicle 23, Casualties of War

  • Vol.1 Chronicle 16: April 19 at National

    VOLUME 1, CHRONICLE 16: APRIL 19TH AT NATIONAL. The  memory page on the social media ramble reminds me that three years ago, I said goodbye to Mel, a Navy veteran I called friend at my town’s National Cemetery, that I… Continue reading

    Vol.1 Chronicle 16: April 19 at National

  • Vol. 1 Chronicle 5, Pine tar & tennis balls…

    VOLUME 1, CHRONICLE 5: Let me tell you a 2021 story from the steps. On this day in 2019, I wished my coach Doug Moser a happy birthday. I didn’t know it would be the last time, I didn’t know… Continue reading

    Vol. 1 Chronicle 5, Pine tar & tennis balls…