I sat on the front step watching the lighting storm, feeling the cool damp air pressing down on my body as I hugged my knees to my chest, thinking of my father. He loved storms as much as my mother hated them, and perversely, seemingly to annoy her, he would carry me out with him […]
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Rain
Posted in All things natural, Dad on August 18, 2023 | 1 Comment »
My Father Sept 12 1914 to Jan 26 2006
Posted in Dad, Death and renewal on June 27, 2021 | Leave a Comment »
Twenty six inches from elbow to elbow, said the funeral director, and we searched with a yardstick tucked against the padded coffin walls, for one that would hold a man who was larger than life to me. I thought of all the foolish risks he had taken in his life, like dodging the railroad cops […]