We told Erin we were going to see Santa at the mall today. “Is it the real Santa, or a pretend Santa?” she asked us. I was still too tired, it being sometime before noon, to muster the energy to commit to a course of fakery and deception that I’d have to remain committed to…
Category: Stories
Toys and Dreams
There’s a stuffed Mickey Mouse doll in Adrian’s crib. Both Adrian and Erin like to have plush toys when they go to sleep. I don’t remember being like that when I was a kid. I remember have some kind of stuffed, pleather, E.T. doll that was with me for years, but I didn’t sleep with…
Jimmie
The day after Thanksgiving I was chasing Adrian around a playground in a Sacramento suburb when we were approached by First Lieutenant Jimmie Davidson, Air Force (retired). Jimmie wanted to show me something, but as he started to pull it from his pocket I interrupted with “I don’t have time right now!” and caught up…