What If “Because of the connectedness between people, miracles happen.” by Steve Charles In theory, we’re all one of a kind. I know. But some are more one-of-a-kind than others. My friend, Mary Angela, was one of those. I knew her for almost 20 years, but it was at...
Weaseling by Steve Charles I know this is stupid— or silly, in households where you’re not allowed to say stupid—but I was getting tired of always feeling wonder and seeing the good in everything and needed a break. So: I was excited to see a photo in the latest...
I’m about 1/2 hour into Peter Mulvey’s first set, my first in-person concert since BCE (Before the Covid Era), when I realize what I’ve missed most about live music in small places. It’s not the woman behind the bar, lovely even behind her mask, though at...
I love dogs, but I hate cleaning up their messes. Same goes for trees. Luckily, trees make a mess only once a year, but it’s big one in my yard, with our eight deciduous trees packed into 1/4 of an acre. And one of those trees, Mother Gingko, as we call her, dumps a...
Bob Skaggs had a mouth shaped like a jet engine intake. If you ran next to him during PE, he sounded like one, too. A nice guy, but he got excited about unusual things. Like the time we were supposed to give a presentation on “the most important thing you don’t know...
Brothers April 23, 2023 It’s 5:21 p.m. on March 5. Mike’s last day. Three of us are in the bedroom. Mike is fading in and out of consciousness in the hospital bed, covered in a blanket and comforter, breathing deeply and steadily. Donny bends slightly forward in a...
