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The Pipecleaner Man
This is an wee excerpt from a first draft of a short bit I'm working on...mostly true...some bits fictionalized...mostly to protect the identity of my family and that of the pipecleaner man. This was going to be an anecdote...but it's a funny thing when you start to write about something you remember...the things that were not important…or didn’t ...
Posted to Best of the Fray by catnapping on June 23, 2009
Frog Fever
The Summer of 66 ended with a tally of 4 plaster casts; 102 stitches; 2 concussions; 4 visits from the Air Police (APs); 3 from the base ambulance. And let’s not forget the 3 deliveries from the Big Blue Salvation Army Truck of old, used furniture and broken parts of appliances. This isn't to count the endless trips to the Base Hospital's ...
Posted to Best of the Fray by catnapping on May 2, 2009