Archive for March, 2012

More “Don’t make me come up there!” tales…Mildly muddy spankings of a filthy fourth-grade boy

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

I suppose these stories are not quite as messy as the time I thought the bar of chocolate on my father’s dresser was really chocolate…..only to find out it was some kind of magic candy called “Ex-lax” that did something awful to you! Well, that’s one story I won’t forget or describe to readers.… I […]

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From the files of “Don’t make me come up there!”…Part 1

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Ted and Charlie were my two brothers growing up…I say “growing up” because Sam and John, my half brothers, came many years later. My sister Cindy was right in the middle of this group of boys, so it is remarkable that she made it to college in one piece! Ted, my older brother, thought he […]

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Dad’s recipe for ‘cutting the mustard’

Friday, March 9th, 2012

Several years back, my wife Donna and our son Todd were visiting an historical museum. On the tour, a guide spoke passionately about how hard it was was for immigrants to overcome life’s 19th century challenges, such as poverty, hunger and unemployment. At that point, Todd commented to Donna, “I bet Papa would have found […]

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