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Flippers and Stilts

My dad volunteered for an unusual mission when I was a teenager. His childhood friend, Chuck, and he belonged to a group of divers that retrieved bodies from boating accidents at Cedar Lake, Indiana. Chuck… 

Mike’s Famous Magic Show

When I was fourteen I discovered magic. It started out with a couple of card tricks, but then it escalated fast. I found a magic store a few towns over and bought what I could… 

Caught Smoking

Like any curious teenager, I took up smoking, in a classic scene, three young boys walking down an empty railroad track in the wintertime. Literally, on a dare I took my first puff (menthol) and… 

Treehouses Are Cool

Cherry Street Treehouse There is something unusual about age. When you are young and small, things all around you appear quite large. When you are older and bigger, not so much. When I lived on… 

Shooting Water Through My Teeth

I wanted a bike for my birthday. I was six years old and had long left the three wheel world of biking. But my only experience on two wheels was limited and I had not… 

Unreliable on Liable Road

I could write a book about this time in my life. Who knows, maybe I will. But let’s just center our focus on one spring so many years ago. As the calendar rewinds back to… 

No Kiss, but I did Get Naked

Early adolescence is hard, let’s all admit it. I was very non-social in my early teenage years. I had a fair excuse. My family moved to another town when I left sixth grade and entered… 

Comic Book Fantasies

When I was quite young, I was a big fan of comic books, the precursor to my early novel reading. I eventually discovered mystery & adventure books. But for a time, comic books were my… 

Rolling Down & Dropping Popcorn

Forget the title. It will make more sense in a moment. Let’s start with the nostalgic and iconic pastime (circa 1950-1970’s) of family outdoor entertainment, the Outdoor Drive-in Movie Theater. In it’s heyday there were…