I am not a sleepwalker. I have never been one to get up in the middle of the night while I was not awake. The closest I ever came to sleepwalking was one evening when I was still in elementary school. I woke up and found myself sitting up in the bed. I wasn’t dreaming …
Category Archives: True Stories
Kangaroo on the Loose
In my hometown of Alamo, Tennessee, there is an exotic animal park. When I was growing up, one of the local farmers had several buffalo. These were a rare sight in West Tennessee. The farm where they were located was on a major highway near town. They were always something to keep an eye out …
Johnny and Gina
When I was around 3 and 4 years old, there weren’t very many kids my age in the neighborhood that I could play with without crossing the street. When I would go outside and play, I had imaginary friends that I told my parents that I was playing with. Johnny and Gina were their names. …
Draining the Pool
Several years ago when my kids were younger, we got one of those inflatable pools. Our kids wanted to swim and we didn’t have a regular place for them to go that was very close to our house. This pool was perfect for us for a season. Our whole family used it regularly.
Big Game Hunting in Wyoming
I have a friend that went big game hunting in Wyoming several years ago. When he got back from his trip, he invited us over for a meal where we got to sample some meat from animals that we don’t usually find in West Tennessee except maybe at the zoo. During the meal, he told us …
More Chemistry Experiments
You might know that I majored in Chemistry in college and that a man named Mr. Pechonick was one of my favorite instructors. I have talked about him in a previous post. During my sophomore year, I had him for another class. During one of the labs, we did an experiment where we melted moth balls …
In Trouble in Second Grade
Here is the short version of the story: The only time I ever got a spanking in school was in second grade for talking during sleeping period. Now the long version.
Go Ahead, Make My Day
One evening before my wife and I were married, we had been out on a date. We had been out to see a movie. When we I took her home, her family was not there. This particular night, she had not brought any keys with her and we were locked out of the house. This …
Playing Taboo
Several years ago, before my wife and I had children, a couple that we knew invited us and several other couples for an evening of games. This group of couples had gathered before for game night. Bunko was the game of choice on previous nights. One night the game of choice was Taboo. Taboo is …
Goop and Girl Scout Cookies
My wife and I lived in an apartment when we were first married. I had graduated college and she was in her last year. I had graduated from a school in another town and a good friend named Mike that I had gone to school with was in one of my wife’s classes. Mike was …