It is 6 AM on the 4th of July, 1975. On the 48th parallel, North latitude, the sun has been up for nearly an hour, but in the San Juan Island town of Friday Harbor, Washington, there are few signs of human activity. The streets are deserted, no ferry will [...]
Somehow it seemed that, The Grownups Wanted Us Dead, less and less often. I suppose they considered their work done since it was obvious we were trying to kill each other. The next morning I told Rumble to go ahead and go to school without me, because my friends Sue [...]
The world is a lot different now then it was when I was a kid. We certainly weren’t as coddled then as children are today. In fact, when I was growing up I was pretty well certain that The Grownups Wanted Us Dead. And when they weren’t trying to kill [...]
At work, it comes and goes. One moment I am here. The next I am not. If I suddenly disappear, don’t automatically assume it is your deodorant. Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. If you haven’t seen it yet, go visit, The Valentine’s Day Dance, on, The Grownups Wanted Us Dead. [...]
The grownups wanted us dead. Because of that, they often invented new ways to torture us. One of the most diabolical ways of all was square dancing. Every Wednesday and Saturday night of the 14th year of my life I was forced to go square dancing. It wasn’t cool and [...]