On Choosing A Cool Last Name
One of the things that my future wife told me when we were engaged was that she wanted her married […]
Life
Pennsylvania Or Bust
Why local place names can be deceiving Dad and I were driving home on the (local only) interstate. Just before
Was The Groundhog Paid Off?
It’s been thirteen days since the little guy in Pennsylvania “allegedly” didn’t see his shadow, thus promising an early spring
Not a Singer
At the end of the year in elementary school, the band teacher at the middle school arrived to test us,
Life
Never Rescue Frogs (They’re Evil)
I am sitting on the couch in the lobby of our local gym because I rescued a frog. Now, normally,
Life
Russian Gasoline
My translator’s mother, who had a broken leg at the time, hops into the small Russian made car, which looks
Life
Gas Station
I’m probably 15 or 16 years old, riding around the metropolis of Saraland, Alabama, with two guys I knew from
Broken Legs and Priorities
The impact threw me from the motorcycle into the air in the opposite direction of the way we had been
Life
Visa Application
For a long time after the American Embassy in Moscow denied her request for a visa, I thought about getting
The Race to a Better Matchstick
A long time ago, I went to Russia. I met, fell in love with, and married my translator. Not long