Stories from the Steps

Reflection

  • The Dementia Talks #20

    THE DEMENTIA TALKS #20, WALKS & TALKS:Yesterday, on my normal Monday visit to my mom, another piece of her was lost as another matador arrived to fight the bull. Those questions I never asked, one because my dad made me… Continue reading

    The Dementia Talks #20

  • Vol. 3, Chronicle 15

    SAND & DAD, A MEMORIAL DAY STORY: I got this vial of sand from one of the many wonderful educators that I am privileged to work alongside. She got the sand from a beach in France once codenamed Omaha. My… Continue reading

    Vol. 3, Chronicle 15

  • Vol. 3, Chronicle 13: Car Line

    MORNING CAR LINE, A RANDOM TUESDAY:“…Don’t let yourself go,‘Cause everybody cries, Everybody hurts sometimes…”“Everybody Hurts”  ~~R.E.M.~~      Powerful lyrics I think about sometimes as I participate in one of the unanticipated joys of my job, morning car line. Every morning,… Continue reading

    Vol. 3, Chronicle 13: Car Line

  • 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

    Vol. 3, Chronicle 10

  • Vol 3. Chronicle 8, Redux

    A PERSONAL NOTE on changes & what you need to know from two years ago in what was known as Volume 1, Chronicle 14. CHANGES: 1)The day count is now 4,463, the years are at 13 & counting, & the… Continue reading

    Vol 3. Chronicle 8, Redux

  • GOOD FRIDAY STRIPES, ONE: “If I’d a’ had somewhere else to go, I’d a’ went.” One of NASCAR’s auto racing greats, Cale Yarborough, made this statement post race in 1970 after an unavoidable crash at South Carolina’s historic Darlington Raceway.… Continue reading

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  • Vol. 3, Chronicle 6

    STORIES FROM THE STEPS, THE GENESIS, SOUVENIRS: Four years ago yesterday, I walked in & out of the halls you’ll read about in what follows for the final time. The next day, I opened a notebook & my soul. I… Continue reading

    Vol. 3, Chronicle 6

  • DEAR DAD,     Today marks the 13th time I’ve celebrated your birthday without you. Before you left us in September 2013, we had taken advantage of time & said the things fathers & sons need to share.       The five years… 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

    Vol.3, Chronicle 3

  • 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…