Well, I made the mistake of going in the grocery store today. I was out of Nutella, so I was going to run in – What? You laugh at my trip to the store just for Nutella? You obviously haven’t had Nutella. And you obviously haven’t tried it on fat free pretzels. Like I was saying,…
Category: 1980s
Flat Tires
My first car was a 1986 blue Honda Prelude and I loved that car. I’d been teaching for a year and decided I could afford it. I’d miss the moon roof and the woodgrain paneling and the eight-track tape deck on the 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser station wagon I’d been driving since my junior year…
A Date to Homecoming
I live in a college town. Where alumni actually come back and bring their kids for a weekend of activities called Homecoming. This past weekend ACU’s Homecoming brought lots of visitors to town. Barbecues and tailgate parties before the Saturday afternoon football game. Breakfasts for sororities and fraternities at ungodly hours of the morning. And…
Extras in Texasville
My preacher started a sermon series entitled “Extras” last Sunday based on the truth that we’re really just grains of sand in the whole scheme of things. We’re extras on the movie lot. Not the star. Made me think of the time I was driving back home with some friends one Sunday night after a…
Standing Ovations
I love Helen Keller’s story. I love that final scene from the old black and white movie version of The Miracle Worker with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. Where Anne Sullivan takes Helen out to refill the water pitcher after throwing a fit at the table and it finally clicks with Helen that the finger…
a 'peace' of my mind.... 