Links to the Past
Links to the Past Someone once said to me; “Golf is great, you get to beat something much smaller than yourself with a stick, what’s not to love?” I however have never felt that way. There is in fact not much about the sport that I enjoy. Golf for me has always been several yards short of exciting. Perhaps it is golf’s rather stodgy image that has kept me from being a fan and even...
Read MoreGambling on Life
Gambling on Life His office door was closed. His window was closed. The drawers to his desk and filing cabinet were closed. Every surface in his office was flush with its surrounding surface. Even the papers that had not been filed were arranged into neat piles on his desk, unless they were in the garbage in which case they had been neatly folded and carefully stacked into the waste basket. Cosmo...
Read MoreMy Greatest Day
My Greatest Day There are some things that stay with you all your life, a first kiss, your wedding day, the first time you see your child, but none of these can compare with my fondest memory, the greatest day of my life. The day my baseball team, the Toronto Americans won the world championship. My team had already beaten our arch rivals, the New York Performance Enhancers in the preliminary...
Read MoreRunning Scared
Running Scared The light from the motel sign at the corner intermittently lit up the room with a blue tinge as it flashed its message to all passing cars. The rain slapped against the pavement as if it were moved by some vendetta, by some unknown event from long ago that it was only now exacting a price for. Brian’s eyes moved back to the sign. It flashed ‘Sea Breeze’. Actually with the...
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