It was Sunday Morning and I began to worry when my friend Wendall LeRoy Archer had not shown up at E-block. That was the cell block that I was assigned to while I was being incarcerated at the Federal Prison At Lompoc, California. The night before we both had gone to...
This was the last litter of puppies we were going to allow our Cocker Spaniel to have. It had been a very long night for me. Precious, our only black cocker, was having a very difficult time with the delivery of her puppies.I laid on the floor beside her large...
I was locked up in the juvenile hall for months after I had been released from the Florida School for Boys at Marianna (reform school). I refused to ever return to the Children's Home Society (orphanage). I was not going to return to that orphanage even if I had to...
In 1988, I was working as an administrative advisor in California for a county welfare rights organization and represented people whose welfare benefits were threatened.My client, an older gentleman, had been fired by the Salvation Army for having a beer with his...
He appeared to be very nervous as he walked through the large wooden church doors. His head was lowered and his eyes looked directly at the tile floor as he walked very slowly towards the far back pew, away from the rest of the congregation.The preacher immediately...
"How can they do that?" Asked one of the boys at the orphanage.Five or six of us boys had capture several lighting bugs in a jar. We sat outside one Saturday evening watching them as they, one at a time, lit up their magical bodies."It's like a special nature thing."...
Yesterday I purchased a 'Hope Chest' for my Granddaughter, Chelsey. My wife, Judy had been on me for quiet some time to try and build one so that Chelsey would have a place to keep her special momentous. Not as young, and active as I once was I decided to purchase a...