Indian Athletes Just Don’t Stand A Chance In 1912, Harold Anson Bruce, coach of the undefeated Caucasian Lafayette College track team, had a team so good that other schools refused to even compete against them. Desperate to find some competitors and after hearing rumors that a coach, “Pop” Warner, at the Carlisle Indian School had a contingent, Bruce invited the …
Once upon a time, high upon a steep mountainside, there was an eagle nest with four large eggs inside. One day, an earthquake caused one of the eggs to roll out of the nest, and all the way down to a chicken farm, located in the valley far below. The chickens adopted and protected the eagle egg as one of …
One Soul Touches Many His name was Bill. He had wild hair, wore a T-shirt with holes in it, blue jeans and no shoes. This was literally his wardrobe for his entire four years of college. I.Q. Right Off The Charts Bill was actually brilliant. He was kind of esoteric, with an IQ right off the charts. He became a …
I Am Homesick By Gundula Rabien I’ve recently returned to this wonderful north country after spending many years living and working in Germany. I was born here and the north will always have a special place in my heart. The following story/account is a result of my experiences. I am homesick. I have been homesick all of my life. What …
When you were 3 months old, she fed, bathed and changed you. You thanked her by crying all night long. When you were 1 year old, she taught you how to walk. You thanked her by running away when she called you. When you were 5, she bought you a new outfit for the holidays. You thanked her by falling …
The older I get, the more I seem to think about the past. When I get a few spare minutes, I like to scratch out a tale, and while writing about starting my first job, and a guardian angel that a friend’s wife had encountered, I began thinking about my own guardian angel moment. I started my working life, John …
Creeky Officially The World’s Oldest Clown As his larger-than-life clown shoes shuffle along methodically while working a crowd, causing laughter and wide-eyed wonder from children, Floyd “Creeky” Creekmore was one of the quieter acts in the circus. But there’s history behind those wrinkled eyes smiling through stage makeup. At 95 years old, Floyd was dubbed the oldest performing clown in …
Flames of Misfortune By Robin Lindzer Kelli Cook wiped her eyes as she walked out of the mausoleum. Her brother, Vince, walked beside her with his head down. “Well,” Vince sighed, “now we get to deal with the house.” “Is that all you can think about, cleaning up mom’s house?” Kelli asked, stopping to stare at Vince. Her eyes flashed …
Life Is Real One early morning when there was a thunderstorm, the air seem to be very cool and crisp. The birds were out enjoying the day as I frolicked on the wet grass, revealing my enjoyment in disseminating my inner feeling of rejoicing to everything around me in the garden. I was in the hostel answering many phone calls …
Guardian Angel Ghost Story… This story was told to me by a good friend of mine, and I have no reason to suppose that it’s not true. My pal, Mick, stays in Enfield, London. His wife started to have the same dream, night after night. In her dream, she was walking through a part of a town that she’d never …
It has been said that when an old person dies, a library is burnt to the ground. And the metaphor is appropriate. A long life of experiences, love, laughter and knowledge becomes inaccessible. Gone forever, unless – unless those stories, experiences and earned wisdoms are preserved by the written word or by our modern electronic recording devices prior to the …
Six Simple Rules Many people lack hope and feel hopelessly incapable of changing their lives for the better, most of them, only because they simply dono’t know how to. There is no pill to take, ointment to apply or ritual to perform to magically make it happen, but anyone and everyone who will follow a few simple rules will achieve …
How awesome are people in New Orleans? Absolutely Awesome! When an 11-year-old girl with autism went to see the Krewe of Muses parade during Mardi Gras, a man almost set her hair on fire with his cigarette, and spilt beer over her before calling her a “retard”, at first to his friends, and then later to her face. Emily Mueller …
An Angry Young Man Jake was an angry young man who hated everybody. He also hated shopping. He was walking angrily around in a large department store, when he spotted a cashier handing a little boy holding a new doll back some money. The boy couldn’t have been more than 5 years old. Jake heard the cashier say, “Sorry, Hon, …
A fragile and frail senior citizen stood in the line at the post office, a line that wound its way almost to the front door. A concerned customer behind her said, as he pointed to a stamp machine built into the far wall, “Ma’am, you must be getting very tired. Did you know there’s a stamp machine over there in …
