"These pretzels are making me thirsty." - Jerry, George, Kramer, & Elaine, "Seinfeld"
I have always had a love/hate relationship with alligators. They are so ugly and scary that I name them as my biggest fear. This may have stemmed from a dream I had a child that I was descending on an escalator in a giant deparment store into an alligator-filled swamp at the bottom, while Nancy […]
I was the trailblazer for the Murphy cousins. The first to bring someone into the fourth generation. The first to get married. The first to get divorced, re-married, re-divorced…you get the picture. But my older cousin Lori was second. She got married less than a year after I did. Her husband-to-be Shane Davis already had a young […]
Because of my cousin Lori’s wedding the day before our departure, our Spring trip to my Grandparents’ Links condominium - room 103 - in Myrtle Beach was pushed forward a week (from the standard week 11) to March 19-25, 2000. This unfortunately required that I be gone for Ashleigh’s tenth birthday. I did not attempt to take her out of school […]
I crossed the threshold of the Bear Creek Church of the Brethren for the first time in well over year this past Sunday, July 8. It was a homecoming of sorts - and yet a bit strange. Mostly it was great to see all of the friendly faces that I came to know and love […]
I’ve been anxious to get this tale told again. I, as one of only three known Our Gang buffs ever to talk to Harry Spear in person, often get asked the question “What’s the deal with Harry Spear?” and its a big, long deal so I’ll be glad to finally have a place to refer interested parties. The tale […]