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Haunted Orphanage

It was a dark and stormy night. No, it wasn’t. It was dark, maybe a bit windy. Sorry, I couldn’t resist. My cousin Paulette was spending a couple of days with us before school started. I was sixteen years old, so that means she was fifteen. It’s important to know that Paulette was afraid ofContinue reading “Haunted Orphanage”

Reginald the Royal Racing Pigeon

Part One: The Race There were clear blue skies on the afternoon of June 19th in Cambridgeshire, England. No storms brewed on the horizon, nor were any forecasted to be, and the absence of even the slightest wisp of cloud seemed to guarantee the prediction. Therefore, what made this particular afternoon of interest was notContinue reading “Reginald the Royal Racing Pigeon”

My Shadow

When I was younger, I thought that my shadow was going to play a much larger role in my life. I remember the sunny days in elementary school when the class would go outside, and we would measure the heights of our shadows. We used to play ‘shadow tag,’ a game much like the usualContinue reading “My Shadow”

Enraged female elephant

I was born into a circus family, we were aerialists, acrobats, and animal trainers. We had horses then; we added leopards later. (For the record, I don’t support performing animals in the circus.) I was 14 years old and we were going to perform in Reading, PA. All the circus animals we kept in aContinue reading “Enraged female elephant”

The Fly

The Fly By: J. George Tatum I was seven years old at the time of my grandfather’s encounter with the fly. It was summertime in North Carolina and we were sitting on the front porch stewing in a heavy, windless heat. He was wearing the same clothes he always wore: beige shorts and a whiteContinue reading “The Fly”