Frank stopped by the office yesterday. He was upset that his children don’t want him driving anymore. “Look,” he said, “this paper says I can drive. I’m not taking the test. You know that test costs $400?! I’m not doing it. This paper says I can drive.” The paper had […]
Characters (fictional & nonfictional)
-ist Friend
“So you don’t know anyone from New Mexico?” “No,” I said as I thought about my old friend in New Mexico. But I did not know him anymore. I did not want to know him anymore. He was a racist and a misogynist and probably a lot of other -ists […]
Born Talking
He was born talking. We used to say he had a daily word minimum and until he reached that minimum he would just keep going and going – like the Energizer bunny of words. Where does he come up with all of these words when I’m struggling to get just […]