Then came Joe
I was charged with watching the farmhouse in West River Maryland. The farm sat on 260 acres with 60 of them on the Chesapeake Bay. The farm grew corn, wheat, but mostly tobacco. The income from 100 acres belonged to Joe,the tenement farmer, and his extended family. Joe and his wife were hired back in …. Read More
Signe Part 2
Now two years have passed, and I could count the times I was inside Signe’s House on my fingers. The few times I carried her groceries in, the times I brought the discarded pool cues from the pool cue factory (for kindling), the few times I toted in wood for her fireplace. Always with a …. Read More
My Friend Signe Part 1
My friend Signe was more than just my friend. When we were growing up my parents taught us to help our neighbors. We mowed lawns, shoveled snow, ran errands, and did odd jobs for our elderly neighbors for free. We never even thought of taking money from them. That is not how we were raised. …. Read More
The day Old Mac’s became a biker bar
Just your typical Saturday evening in Georgetown Wash. D.C.. My friend Tom and his girlfriend Cindy had finally departed, headed back to Detroit. They had stayed with me for six days setting up camp sites in my back yard for the 35-40 Outlaw that were coming to camp in my yard Three men from the …. Read More