The young guy was, not being judgy about it, unremarkable. Late teens, maybe early 20s. Slim build. Oval glasses on a straight nose. Tight-cut hair under a camo hat. He was with an older lady. I assume it was his mom. I didn’t ask. Sometimes it’s better not to ask. The three of us, strangers,… Read More In the Woods, Still
Among the 63 abandoned posts listed under “drafts” in my WordPress blog account is a 1,480-word bear of a thing that I knocked out a couple weeks ago. It is — or was, I guess, or maybe more accurately, never will be — on the upcoming election. That drafts tab, let me point out, is… Read More Ooops
Catching up … It’s election day in Georgia, or Election Day, I guess, which means it’s time to get out and vote. I missed early voting for this particular primary election (back off; I’m a busy man), which covers races for at least one state Supreme Court judge, some lesser judges, a county clerk here… Read More Naturally
The whole idea behind volunteering in the first place was to give a little something back, to provide what I figured is a much-needed civic service, to get a grasp of a teensy piece of the inner workings of this clearly not always smooth-working democracy of ours. It’d be a learning experience, this volunteering thing,… Read More Clerks
A week or so before Christmas, I was browsing one of those trendy boutique shops that have popped up around our new downtown, desperately searching for a one-of-a-kind present for that special someone in my life. At that point, though, a week before Christmas, any kind of anywhere-close-to-unique token would have worked. For anyone on… Read More This Is It
And now for something completely different. —**— We are in a coffee shop in the suburbs of Atlanta, one of those places with two or three thick wooden tables that seat six or eight people, a bunch of soft chairs in various tiny groupings throughout the space, a set of wooden stairs leading to nowhere,… Read More And Now …
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