She beat cancer, but didn’t feel like a survivor
“I got the card in the mail that said it was time for my checkup. I ignored it. I got another card. I ignored it, too. Then I had to go in for something else and...
Category: Short Stories
Looking forward to fishing in retirement years
“I’ve been out here about 45 minutes, practicing with this casting net so I can catch my own bait fish. There’s an art to it, I guess. I’m getting a little better, but I think I’m...
MVP winner enjoys football the most
“I like football, baseball, soccer. I like riding my bike. I like playing outside. And video games. But my favorite thing to do is play football.” According to his father, he scored 22 offensive touchdowns and...
Back on roller skates nearly 40 years later
“I lived in my roller skates growing up. I wore them up and down the stairs, every place. “I’ve been wanting to roller-skate again so bad. So when we were at Traders Village recently and I...
She gives herself an A+ on most important job
“I’ve been looking for work, but no one seems to like me. I tried to get on at the new Kroger. I did the application and a little phone interview, then they told me to come...
Artist prefers doing his painting outdoors
“I was an art major in college, and I’ve been painting for many years. But I recently got interested in painting outdoors and joined the Bay Area Plein Air Painters. “Plein air is French, meaning open...
Parents find they can always use more wisdom
When it comes to being parents … “I told George, I think the big question in our life is knowing how much. How much, how little, when to help or when to pull back. When I...
When it comes to plants, he knows his stuff
“For most of my years I’ve been a plant taxonomist. I get hired to identify plants. “My most interesting work has been in the Big Thicket here in Texas. I have a species list, so I...
House flipper enjoys seeing the transformation
“We typically buy a home that needs work, live in it for a while and then flip it. We remodel it and then move on to the next one. We’ve done it about eight times now....
‘If you can keep your cool, you can make it last’
“My wife and I have been married for 74 years. We met in high school. We got married when we were 20 years old.” What’s your key to a long marriage? “Well, you just have to...
