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May 2, 2013 at 11:40 am · Filed under Crazy stuff, fun stuff, Mostly true, Poems, the good old days ·Tagged crazy kid stuff, gettin shot at, high on danger, stealing melons, teenagers
We did a lot of crazy things when we were kids, and we never thought of them as wrong, or bad; just fun. Sometimes our antics would backfire on us—actually, they almost always backfired on us—but failure never slowed us down. We drank a few beers now and then, but didn’t know about drugs. We were just high on danger… as it were. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 11, 2013 at 11:06 am · Filed under Crazy stuff, fun stuff, Mostly true, Stories ·Tagged convenience store, funny, humor, laughter, service station, slow leak, story, tires
Sometimes the strangest things pop into my mind. This morning—from where it came, I can’t say—I thought of the old pumps we used to use to air up our bicycle tires, basketballs, footballs, and the like. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 6, 2013 at 7:07 pm · Filed under Family, fun stuff, Poems, Random Thoughts, Some truth to it ·Tagged at a loss for words, Dallas Cowboys, Dandy Don Merideth, family, good old days, humor, Ken stories, little brother, little brother stories, star-struck
Y’all might have noticed, I love telling stories about my little brother, Ken. This one is about Ken’s encounter with a celebrity; he’s always been kind of the star-struck sort, and as you will see, he is, at times, at a loss for words. (NOT!) Read the rest of this entry »
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April 5, 2013 at 7:27 am · Filed under fun stuff, Good stuff, Mostly true ·Tagged always use butter, butter, changing the recipe, cookies, cousin Susan, nut house cookies, pecans, Susie homemaker, Toll House cookies
I tried to stay out of this conversation, but I CAN’T do it! My cousin, Susan, has taken to posting Susie Homemaker tips on FaceBook, and most of them are pretty good. But she went and posted one about Toll House cookies yesterday, and my oven alarm went off! Read the rest of this entry »
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March 14, 2013 at 7:08 pm · Filed under fun stuff, Poems ·Tagged cinquain, dVerse Poets Pub, Frank, irresponsible, Somethin' Stupid, That's Life, unreliable
I had a little fun with this one. It’s really short, so take a look and see what ya think! It’s Form For All night at the dVerse Poets Pub, and Tony has asked for poems in the cinquain form. Now y’all know I’m pretty much a hack when it comes to this poetry thing, but I like to give these different forms a whirl once in a while just for giggles. So! Here ya go! Read the rest of this entry »
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January 27, 2013 at 6:42 am · Filed under fun stuff, Poems, Some truth to it, the good old days ·Tagged baseball, color commentators, fights in the parking lot, football, poetry, sports, sports fans, the media, TV
When I was a kid, I used to love to watch baseball games on Saturday. Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese were a fun part of the show. Not as many cameras back then, so Pee Wee would tell us what happened, and Dizzy would make a joke about it, or say how we should use Burma Shave when we got old enough. They took Dizzy off the air because he used bad grammar and some teacher said he might teach kids the wrong way to talk. He’d fit right in today. I don’t watch baseball too much anymore, but tune in to a football game now and then. I’ve gotten to where I sometimes turn off the sound, so I can enjoy the game without all the “facts”. Read the rest of this entry »
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December 8, 2012 at 3:21 pm · Filed under fun stuff, Good stuff, Poems, Some truth to it ·Tagged macho men, poetry, snow, tubing, winter
I thought this would be a fitting post for today, as it’s 80 degrees right now, but the first freeze of the year is lurking right aaround the corner. I’m not a winter person, and I’m soooo glad I am able to live in a place where it only lastsa few months, and even those few months are relatively mild. I wrote this in story form a few years back, and a couple of days ago, decided to see how it worked as a poem. Turns out it’s not only a good fit seasonally, but a perfect fit for dVerse Poet Pub’s Poetics feature this afternoon. I hope you enjoy this bit of wintertime fun. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 3, 2012 at 5:04 pm · Filed under fun stuff, Mostly true, Stories, the good old days ·Tagged bowl games, Charles L. Mashburn, Sandlot football, story, the street i grew up on, writer
When I was young, I was an unbelievably slow runner. My dad used to say I looked like I was running in place when I was chugging down the first base line. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 14, 2012 at 6:15 pm · Filed under fun stuff, Mostly true, Stories, the good old days ·Tagged Barry, Charles L. Mashburn, french, french kissing, poem, stunned silence, writer
Karin is on duty over at dVerse Poetics tonight, and she’s got us writing about things French. I’m thinking this ain’t what she has in mind, but, hey, French is French!
Back in the day, my best pal Barry and I used to roam the neighborhood late at night. One night, when we were in eighth grade, or maybe freshmen, we ran into a couple of neighborhood girls and experienced an awakening that to this day remains vivid in my mind. I’ll bet you Barry hasn’t forgotten it either. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 8, 2012 at 1:17 pm · Filed under Family, fun stuff, Good stuff, Mostly true, Poems, Sometimes it just hurts ·Tagged author, Charles L. Mashburn, good old days, grandkids, playing in the hose, poetry, summertime fun, writer
I wrote this poem many years ago, after watching my son and his two little boys–my grandsons–play out the scene described. It is written almost exactly as it happened. It makes me smile. Read the rest of this entry »
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January 27, 2013 at 6:42 am · Filed under fun stuff, Poems, Some truth to it, the good old days ·Tagged baseball, color commentators, fights in the parking lot, football, poetry, sports, sports fans, the media, TV
When I was a kid, I used to love to watch baseball games on Saturday. Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese were a fun part of the show. Not as many cameras back then, so Pee Wee would tell us what happened, and Dizzy would make a joke about it, or say how we should use Burma Shave when we got old enough. They took Dizzy off the air because he used bad grammar and some teacher said he might teach kids the wrong way to talk. He’d fit right in today. I don’t watch baseball too much anymore, but tune in to a football game now and then. I’ve gotten to where I sometimes turn off the sound, so I can enjoy the game without all the “facts”. Read the rest of this entry »
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