Tag: winter

Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 8

It’s March 1982 and winter is going full blast with no end in sight for the boys and me. Bowling season ended last month, so the boys hang out at the gym and shoot hoops. My wife and I consider moving closer to her job as soon as Old Man Winter gives us a break. … Continue reading Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 8

Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 7

It’s February 1982, the sawmill is still closed for the winter, and I want to take vacation from Louie and Bruce. My wife and I celebrate my 25th birthday on a cold day out, and I pine for springtime so I can get back into my softball uniform and take to the ballfields again. But … Continue reading Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 7

Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 5

The sawmill is closed for winter and December is promising lots of snow and cold temperatures. Christmas 1981 and my wife’s twentieth birthday are approaching fast. So is the deadline for the month’s Louie and Bruce strip. A friend asks me why there are no women in the strip, so I consider giving one of … Continue reading Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 5

Reminiscing, part 1

I find wintertime the best time to get on top of my plans and goals. January and February are typically the two coldest and snowiest months where I live. Leaving the house can be a chore and a half when it snows: Getting in and out of snowsuits and boots, shoveling the stuff, battling drifts … Continue reading Reminiscing, part 1

Watching Foxes, Poem 2023-0206)

This is an old post from February 2011. Words awoke me the other morning, repeating in my mind loudly, obtrusive. At 4:27, I snapped on my lamp and scribbled them down. Faces sharp Red coal eyes Gold afire Watching Waiting I tried to remember the dream that had birthed those words, but it had vanished. … Continue reading Watching Foxes, Poem 2023-0206)

When I, a Boy, Poem 2022-1113

I awoke to frost and snow outside my home and became nostalgic for those winter days in the country when I was young and winter brought excitement and joy of walking the woods and watching the play of nature. Enjoy a poem I wrote about that nostalgia when I was courting a local girl and … Continue reading When I, a Boy, Poem 2022-1113