THE EDGE OF FIFTEEN – SUMMER OF ’74
The summer I was 15 my dad lined up a job for me at the janitorial company where he worked. I was a helper, doing things like cleaning screens at a senior citizens home and other general labor. I wrote…
The Edge of Fifteen – Happy Father’s Day
When I was 15, I spent what was probably a lovely day for my parents and grandparents in Nags Head on Father’s Day. Oh, man, how I wish I could spend a day with my parents and grandparents again. But…
The Edge of Fifteen, May 15 – 20, 1974
A few winters ago, I pulled into my parking space in my darkened garage and then spent five minutes looking for a hat that was on my head. Nearing 60, and already worried about aging and the diminishment of so…