Relationships

(Part 1 of 3) On a hot summer afternoon I went horseback riding with two cousins. We had one horse and we were riding bareback. I always thought that horse was the dumbest horse I ever rode. I don’t remember whose idea it was to ride that horse but it was a lousy idea. I…

  On January 2, 1925, Martha Ann Call lay on her bed in a small farmhouse in Wendell, Idaho. She was expecting her fifth child. It was cold outside as well as in the house. The two oldest daughters were sent to get firewood while the two youngest were in bed with her trying to…

  (Part 2 of 3) It was a hot summer afternoon in Afton, Wyoming when my cousins invited me to go swimming in the ditch behind our grandparents’ home. I still had the cast on my arm but I begged and pleaded with grandma to let me swim. I promised to keep my cast dry…

  When I was in junior high Roy and his family moved into my neighborhood. They were immigrants from Indonesia and didn’t speak English. Roy was a fun guy with a great personality, a smile that was always present, and a desire to fit in with his new American friends. Culturally he was out of…

  Several years ago as I was walking home from work I happened to notice a worm in the gutter and it intrigued me so much that I must have stood there watching it for at least five minutes. At first I thought it was such a stupid worm that it couldn’t tell its head…