Imagine looking for your grandma and finding her floral caftan with matching pink furry slippers, the floral citrus smell of Channel #5 still hanging in the air meandering along the trail of brilliant zinnias all the way to the hot tub. Then imagine the evidence, a struggle, indentations in the St. Augustine signaling an awful … Continue reading
Tag Archives: football
Things I Could Tell You
I could tell you about how the stadium lights bounce like clear, elusive diamonds off the green turf or how the whole town gathers at the goal post during winning seasons or even about how every boy dreams to run the patterns of their sky-bound heroes I could tell you about how the kid down … Continue reading
Ghost Truck
Dusk one evening dialing back to right after Disco was ditched to the tune of bad boys. My cousin, Dennis in his ’67 GMC pickup truck we met on Lincoln Street along evergreen row where the trees lined the public swimming pool and park now shuttered for fall and the cool rush of football fever. … Continue reading
Superbowl Sermon
Reverend Mosley surveyed the restless crowd. Grown men fidgeting in their seats like five-year-old boys, their wives sliding them mean glances here and there. Mrs. Hooper was seated at the organ across from Mrs. Smith at the piano ready for a duel. I preferred the deep organ chords, and they way they took the music … Continue reading
Football and Inspiration
If the events of the world today are leaving you jaded and dismal, then I invite you to read the following tribute to small town kids and to certainly watch the videos. The first one is a brief explanation/interview with the MHS cheerleaders as they made all Munday Moguls proud. The second video has nothing … Continue reading
Rivalry
Two fortresses rise up in the shared light of a restless moon opposite ends of town these warriors roll with a leather bound sword passing, running, plotting like conquering Romans in their helmets and pads shooting for at least a D2 school living the largeness of sports heroes. Cheerleader pow-wow disbanding like colorful Skittles little … Continue reading
Tackling the Bicycle Thief
Everyone knows how we feel about football and football players in Texas. We love them. We are happy to fry outside in those summertime scrimmage games, and we are happy to sit through an ice storm in November to watch our team play. Rain or shine. We make heroes of our players. We back the … Continue reading
Attention Monster
Summer is almost here which brings it closer to the upcoming football season which brings it closer to unleashing the whimsical characters in my book, Confessions of a 4th Grade Athlete. There are many valid questions that begged to be answered: Why are we football-obsessed in the South? Why do we love working out in … Continue reading
Last Game Upon the Green Grass
All things end, as they must. Those balmy fall nights turn chilly – the competition amps up for the competitors, the ball finally comes to rest. Football season for us, wrapped up for the year, and for seniors, the finality of it all echoes, first there’s an end to the sport most have played their … Continue reading
Perfectly Imperfect
We are the champions, at least this year, so the recent loss by our intrepid football players gave us all a chance to reflect on life’s little imperfections. First off, nobody likes a long journey to play on somebody else’s field – bad karma already. Arriving, finding my perfect-taking-photo seat, I receive a text beep … Continue reading