The tale of unnecessary roughness begins with music and a man who doesn’t want to whine but has hit a couple of walls because of…unnecessary roughness. The past three years in have been a significant challenge and he often wonders how he got to be in the place he occupies now. Sometimes he turns on… Continue reading The Story Of Unnecessary Roughness
Category: History
You’re Not From Ohio
Thirty years ago I spent Thanksgiving in an apartment in Georgetown with some old friends and some others who chose not to go home for the holiday. In some ways I was the odd ball because I left my home to head East thinking it would be an adventure, a second or third trip to… Continue reading You’re Not From Ohio
Your ‘Real’ Best Friend
It is almost a full year since my parent’s first second visit to Texas. When they came in 2013 it was just me living here. Got a call from them the day they left Cleveland letting me know about how long it would be before they made it from there to here. Told them that… Continue reading Your ‘Real’ Best Friend
What If I Refuse To Say Kaddish
Can’t decide if I ought to send the stragglers to read What’s Up Doc or Things You Don’t Understand. They tell me there are stages of grief but I am not one to go in order or afraid to skip back and forth so I am in the two weeks ago I buried my dad… Continue reading What If I Refuse To Say Kaddish
