Stories
This is an eclectic mix of stories from our writers’ imagination or recall of days gone by. These stories will have you reminiscing, laughing, crying and maybe even a bit frightened at times. This category also includes opinions, ponderings and poetry.
Everyone is Irish on March 17
Why Pinch? Pinching on St. Patrick’s Day is apparently an entirely American tradition. It is believed that wearing green makes you...
read moreLegend of Stingy Jack
Our saucy little orange wench has a heritage to challenge that of Collette. Long ago, while roaming with the Greeks and Trojans in the Greek Isles, she was called Pepon. Later during her sojourn in Europe, the French changed her name to Pompon. Meanwhile across the channel Mr. Shakespeare immortalized her as Pumpion in the Merry Wives of Windsor. After catching a ship to the new world, she at last claimed a suitable name when the American colonists changed her moniker to a pronounceable Pumpkin, as in Cinderella, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow...
read moreBottom of the Ninth, Two Outs
I feel, at times, as if my life is in the bottom of the ninth, two outs. Maybe there is no way to find success in any area. It seems easier to give up, to quit...
read moreStardust
The women in the elevator seemed to approve, stealing glances at the trim figure under his dark suit and hoping to catch another waft of his...
read moreBarefoot Buffalo Fishin’
The year was 1960 and the Ohio river was on the rise. My buddy Lester and I had never witnessed the river swelling like this before. We rode our bicycles through the back roads not knowing what to expect. As we neared the river’s banks we saw...
read moreGhost of Ravenna Park
“I think you just met the ghost of my uncle Henry,” she said. “He jumped off the 15th Avenue footbridge back in 1912. Want to know why?” Andy didn’t think he wanted to, but Granmama continued...
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