Bone Bruises and Mulberries

by | Apr 9, 2013 | Stories

The world that boys inhabit is utterly unlike the one adults live in, especially the adults of the species “Mother”. I used to be a ten year old boy so I know this. My mother’s lack of experience in “being a boy” likely explains why she so completely failed to comprehend the sheer brilliance her oldest son displayed almost daily.

Dog Alley

Dog Alley

by | Apr 1, 2013 | Stories

When I was a kid, I used to ride my bike through Bluestem Park on the way to school. A creek ran through the park, and in the springtime the crawdads would be thick in the creek. We’d stop our bikes on the way home from school, dink around in the creek and catch...