Always One Tragedy Behind

In 1962 I entered, as a kindergartener,  St. Catherine of Sienna School in Pagedale.  A towering three story brick fortress from the late 1920’s,  St. Catherine’s took fire drills very seriously.  Each floor had both early grades (K thru 4) Read More …

Creative Writing

I emptied the mailbox at my mom’s today.  The one day yield:  27 #10 or #11 envelopes. All but two came from charities, trolling for 1% donations rates spurred by sad stories or return envelope stickers. The other two came Read More …