Stories from the Steps

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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 29

    STORIES FROM THE STEPS, THE ROLL, PITCH & YAW OF FALL BREAK ‘25:     “Don’t let the hard days win”, six words that would have been easy to post last week amongst the surf, the sun in its rising & setting… Continue reading

    Vol. 2, Chronicle 29

  • Vol. 2 Chronicle 6

    BIRTHDAY THOUGHTS FROM THE DEEP END WITH MISS JULIE’S POOL BOY: It’s the boss of Pool Boy’s birthday & she’ll spend it chlorine laced while MJPB closes up his mom’s house. The first birthday they spent together was at a… Continue reading

    Vol. 2 Chronicle 6

  • Vol.1, Chronicle 52

    3AM THOUGHTS: I haven’t felt  “Christmasy” this year. Perhaps I’ve lost the wonder or perhaps I’ve wandered with the baggage of a parent with dementia that got too heavy. Either way, as I’ve sought the season’s joy & hope, my… Continue reading

    Vol.1, Chronicle 52