A cute little ad for “JUST A BOY“, put together by the publisher. I need to learn how to make one!
Available in paperback or e-book on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
November 29, 2018 at 6:26 am · Filed under Family, Mostly true, My Books, Stories, the good old days, Uncategorized ·Tagged bad times, Charles Mashburn, childhood, first fight, first kiss, good times, Just a boy, marbles, Memoir, sandlot baseball, squirt guns, yo-yos
A cute little ad for “JUST A BOY“, put together by the publisher. I need to learn how to make one!
Available in paperback or e-book on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
July 7, 2016 at 9:52 am · Filed under Mostly true, Random Thoughts, Stories, the good old days ·Tagged chased by a dog, childhood, good old days, riding bikes
They paved the streets in our neighborhood the summer before I started fifth grade, and a year later found me racing down the middle of Fourth Avenue going nowhere in particular, the whir of my bike’s tires on the smooth blacktop humming a one note song. It wasn’t even six o’clock—Saturday morning—and it seemed as though I was the only person in the world. I was free! No rules, no limits, no worries and no fears. Read the rest of this entry »
February 7, 2013 at 4:00 pm · Filed under Dark Side, Mostly true, Poems ·Tagged childhood, getting dirty, I didn't know, I didn't mean to, making a mess
Being a kid is scary sometimes; you do things, not knowing they’re wrong, just being in the moment and having fun. You get dirty, ruin your clothes, make a mess; you know, just being a kid those things happen. You find out early that “I didn’t know” and “I didn’t mean to” are not good answers. Read the rest of this entry »