Category: Story

  • ROLLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY 

    ROLLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY 

    We don’t rent a car very often; we have only done it twice over the last, oh, half-dozen years.  The most recent one is still fresh in my mind, though, not only because it took place in May of this year (2024), but also because… well, let me tell you what happened. Our oldest granddaughter got…

  • STAYING TRUE TO BOTH RELIGIONS

    STAYING TRUE TO BOTH RELIGIONS

    Baseball is, of course, a religion to many.  In this vein, I was reminded recently of an experience I had, as a young man, that briefly wedded the two together.

  • WHO IS AN MVP?

    The 2023 season has now come and gone, all the awards have been given out, and now the baseball fan is thinking about trades and free-agent signings, and counting the days, of course, until pitchers and catchers report to spring training sites.  It’s a hard time of year unless you follow other sports, or have a…

  • RIDING WITH AN ALL-TIME GREAT

    RIDING WITH AN ALL-TIME GREAT

    Every so often, someone asks the question “Who is the most famous person you’ve ever met?”  You see it on Facebook every now and then, and sometimes it becomes a topic of conversation at a party or other such gathering. It takes me no time at all to give my answer: Joe DiMaggio. If you’ve read…

  • THANK YOU, WHOEVER YOU ARE   

    THANK YOU, WHOEVER YOU ARE   

    My wife and I are approaching our 39th wedding anniversary, and though we were not young when we tied the knot, we are hoping that we will be able to stay healthy (and coherent) enough to eventually celebrate fifty years.  That will, I expect, be something special, we’ll have to have an extra portion of jello to…