Miss Julie
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Vol. 3, Chronicle 23
8:13 PM, Fall break day 2, Stroke recovery day 37: Woke up satisfied with coffee & a state qualifying XC runner. Messages from the runner’s mom made my efforts, from morning car line fist bumps to teaching to assuming my… Continue reading
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Vol.3, Chronicle 18
THIS IS THE FACE OF AN UNEXPECTED MEDICAL EVENT: This Tuesday morning, today, I cried trying to put on a shirt. I got my arms & head through the right spots but it rolled up on my back & I… Continue reading
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Part 2
PART 2, COACHES, WORDS THAT STICK WITH YOU:Two weeks ago, I wrote about the guy on the right, Paul Careathers. Today, it’s the guy on the left hand side’s turn, Doug Moser. I was in the first class Coach Moser… Continue reading
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Shallow thoughts…
SHALLOW THOUGHTS (EVEN 12 MILES OUT OF MT. PILOT, ENGLISH IS HARD & HISTORY IS COMPLEX) FROM THE DEEP END WITH MISS JULIE’S POOL BOY: It’s less than 5 days until the City Swim Meet & the Pool Boy being… Continue reading
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Year 1 ✔️, Year 2 ?
YEAR 1 ✔️, YEAR 2 ?: So Miss Julie left for her pool’s first summer Saturday this morning. She departed with my traditional farewell of, “see ya’ Labor Day” & decompression arrived as I took my seat on the porch.… Continue reading
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Vol. 3, Chronicle 10
VOLUME 3, CHRONICLE 10: 4 YEARS IN SUNDOWN, NOW & THEN. As I say good morning to another night, I’m struggling with do I need to say something or do I have something to say? John Steinbeck said, “I write… Continue reading
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Vol.3, Chronicle 3
VOLUME 3, CHRONICLE 3, IT’S INTIMATE: Prologue. The piece that follows (Presented in its original one big paragraph, I’m sure to the chagrin of a long time friend now on the other side of the globe. He advised me on… Continue reading
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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 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
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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
