We were putting groceries away, which shouldn’t have been as frustrating as it was. You see, I’d filled the bottom rack of the dishwasher and all but one spot on the top rack. I was drinking from a glass and planned to put it in the dishwasher when I was done. That was simple enough …
When I was growing up, there was a Schlotzsky’s restaurant on the way home from Mom’s work, so every so often she’d stop by and bring sandwiches home. I’ve moved around a bunch since then. Most places don’t have a franchise, so it’d been a while since I’d bitten into one. My son’s grandparents gave …
Our local hospital put the word out on social media: There were no COVID-19 patients on any floor. It seemed like a big deal. Not that long ago, the place was overrun with the 21st century plague. The most recent viral wave had crested and receded, leaving wreckage in its wake but slipping away into …
The United States of America is not the country I would want it to be, and that’s probably a good thing. If this were Scott’s United States, there’d be some changes. For one, we’d have at least one water slide within a 30-minute drive of every American. If that means we have to build one …
The wind blew in just the right way the other day and cranked up my rusty mental gears. Isn’t that weird? I went from not thinking about those days at all to having extremely vivid memories. Isn’t that weirder? In high school, friends and I had a more-or-less standing game of backyard football. They were …
It’s hard to peel myself away from the war in Ukraine. That sounds like I’m actually in the war, but I’m not even close. Anything’s possible, but I’m sure no one has ever considered firing a bomb, smart or otherwise, at my house. Of course, I’m talking about my specific house. Back in the 1980s, …
