Dreams and Nightmares

Once or twice a month I dream (more like a nightmare) about a so-called teacher who taught home economics at Cascade Junior High School in Bend Oregon when I was in the seventh grade (I was in the seventh grade for two school years–more on that later–so it would have been from September 1971 through… Continue reading Dreams and Nightmares

Assumptions, My Mother, My Friend, and Me

My (partial) email to my friend: My mothers last less than brilliant idea is that she move down here and live with me. While this would solve financial problems, it would create a whole new set of probably worse problems. And I ended up telling her–after she made some insulting comments–that I’d rather live on… Continue reading Assumptions, My Mother, My Friend, and Me