When I was 10, I was afraid of the kids that moved in next door. The children in the house across the alley were younger and smaller than me, but they were a noisy bunch and they always seemed to be spoiling for a fight. Whenever I went outdoors, they were there, in their yard, calling me fatty, and offering me a knuckle sandwich. One day, my mother entered the fray, screamed back at the k...
There are rules on how to get through life and Bud knows them all. Let me show you what I mean: RULE 8 Whenever an Adult Tells You to Listen Carefully and Talks in a Real Calm Voice, don’t listen, run as fast as you can because something Real Terrible is Just Around the Corner and RULE 83 If an Adult Tells You Not to Worry, and You Weren’t Worried Before, You better Hurry Up and Start ‘Cause...
Does anyone remember the story of the blind men and the elephant? Six blind scholars all try to discover what an elephant looks like by touching one part of the animal. Because an elephant is composed of many shapes (trunk, ears, legs, tail, etc.,) running your hands over one part of it doesn’t give you an accurate picture of the animal, but it does show what a limited perception can discover. And, when it comes ...
Nobody likes to think about kids being in the middle of war. Kids are a vulnerable population in the cross-fire of that adult insanity, and when they get wounded or killed, innocent lives have been taken. So, those of us lucky enough to live in peaceful countries try to raise our kids in a cotton-wool world where everyone is kind, and children are never in danger. Still, it’s good for kids to know about those who have been brave, ...
There’s an ugly, dead tree at the bottom of my yard and I want it gone. One very ugly,dead tree Now, before you decide I’m some nut who wants to ruin the environment, let me admit the tree is dead. Also, I live in a place where Mother Nature needs editing more than encouragement. So, I’m not some terrible industrialist laying waste to the earth. But I am someone who lost control of my world. And I’m f...