May-Lick or Mah-Lick?
Back in the summer of 2001, Fox & Friends was hosting a Labor Day Cookout show and they invited three chefs to prepare outdoor recipes and somehow or another I made the cut. So I reached out to Bell & Evans Chicken and they wanted in so I went to NY and represented Bell & Evans Chicken. I […]
Lonely
My family is away for the weekend. I get home about 11:15. I lingered at the restaurant, looked for little things to do before leaving but eventually the boss chased me out. I take my time driving home then have a slow drive through our neighborhood before I stop in front of my house. I […]
Just what is para-normal?
“I’ve got to get you to the doctor.” Amy was shaking her head as she read the thermometer. “A hundred and three, damnit, come on John, can you get up?” I was drained, sweating and shaking from the chills and weak from two days without food. My wife managed to stuff me into the front […]
Five Seconds
January 16th. My birthday. I turned 33 years old eight hours earlier and I’m going to celebrate by winning a NORBA sanctioned mountain bike race at Manchester State Forest near Sumter, SC. Amy and I left the warm confines of our home at 6:00 am so she could watch me bang wheels with a bunch […]
The Inscrutable Mind of a 14 Year-Old Boy
We have a guest bathroom in our house. It’s on the first floor, just a small bathroom with a toilet, sink, a mirror and some decorative sconces filled with dried flowers on either side of the mirror. There’s no room in that bathroom for toiletries because it’s a guest bathroom, for guests, and you wouldn’t […]
Seven Books
I had my first book signing at a real bookstore last week. Fiction Addiction hosted me. Jill, the proprietor has been very helpful and has given me some good advice and even though I started life as a writer through Amazon, the all-powerful corporation that independent bookstores deplore, she agreed to host me at […]
Hashtag Indian Food Palooza
My good friend and the neighbor I wish I had, Barbara Keibel, challenged her followers to participate in an Indian-Style Food celebration so Amy & I decided to play along. I really love good Indian food and our current favorite restaurant is Handi, on Main street Greenville. I’m not savvy enough to discern different styles […]
Chipmunk City
A story for my daughter’s Third Grade class We have a lot of Chipmunks in our yard. Every time I open the front door there are three or four hanging out on the porch, and there’s always six or seven of the little furry guys running around our back yard. Whenever I go outside I see chipmunks. […]
So you’re the Queen’s Boyfriend?
In case you didn’t know this, Mardi Gras is not a one-day celebration but more of a season that begins with Twelfth night, the feast that celebrates the journey of the three wise men and their search for the new born Savior. The season ends with Mardi Gras, the day before Ash Wednesday, the […]
So you’re the Queen’s Boyfriend?
In case you didn’t know this, Mardi Gras is not a one-day celebration but more of a season that begins with Twelfth night, the feast that celebrates the journey of the three wise men and their search for the new born Savior. The season ends with Mardi Gras, the day before Ash Wednesday, the […]