PAPER WOMAN
I’d been fighting my way through the Los Angeles transit system for a good hour. Now, after a few false starts and a hike of …
THE CLERK IN WALMART
I was checking out the gun section in Walmart with my two preteen grandkids. I wanted to give them time to browse, but my interest …
THE POST OFFICE
It’s a game I play. Several of the postal workers in this post office seem incredibly entitled. They are doing you a favor by waiting …
PHIL AND THE MAN IN GOODWILL
Phil O’DendronHis name is Phil. Phil O’Dendron, actually. He is for sure of Irish extraction, as evidenced by his shiny green leaves. I rescued him …
DOLLAR STORE MOMENT
I’ve been gathering treasures for my grandkids from the Dollar Store shelves. As I hurry toward the checkout, a woman with a huge load of …
ALEXA’S SNOWMAN
Here comes December again. Time to descend into the basement past the still unpacked boxes of books (well, it’s only been two years since we …
RUDOLPH’S WALLET
The world (at least our part of it) is divided into two camps – those who want to be surprised on Christmas morning and those …
STUDENT TEACHERS
They came bouncing into our classrooms with buckets of enthusiasm, ready to take on the world of Shuksan Jr. High. Little did we realize, struggling …
FOUR FEET OF HERO
Benjamin Lay was his name. Long ago, when slavery was accepted by just about everyone as a brutal fact of life, this four foot tall …
I’LL WALK YOU HALFWAY HOME
Barbara and Diane became lifelong friends in elementary school. As it turned out, they lived just down the road from each other on the Bakerview …