Kroger
KROGER (rhymes with ogre) I started reading young. I do not know whether it was a matter of natural inclination or at-home instruction (my mother, before she had additional children,… Read more »
Tag: Childhood
Macho Duck, Monster Mash, and Mna-Mna
When I was a kid — like, a kid kid; past toddling but not yet in pre-school — I had a little red record player. It was portable (though terribly… Read more »
He left a little bit of his sole behind.
My kid brother (and he will always be my ‘kid’ brother; I don’t care if he’s over 40 now) and I had a typically contentious relationship growing up. We were… Read more »
Blood-Red and Gingham Green
Some say that memory is rose-tinted, hindsight being not only twenty-twenty but also casting a glow over the reality so as to leave everything looking — from the present backward… Read more »