Word count 495 Before the main event, here are the runner ups – The physical: Climbing the least interesting fourteener in Colorado Completing four Portland Marathons (notice finished, not run) Bench pressed more than my weight The intellectual: Ph.D. in mathematics (possibly the … Continue reading Credit Where Credit Due
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Bigger than a bread box, older than the end of WWII.
1 Corinthians 13
Word count 299 1 Corinthians 13:11 “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.” Only the first part is … Continue reading 1 Corinthians 13
Pitch
Something like this. Probably daylight. Word count 100 He had been following her for over an hour. She had seen him before and was concerned. Bulging belly, dirty holey sweatshirt, grungy jeans at half mast. Just his luck, she walked into an alley. When he … Continue reading Pitch
Oscar
Word count 636 “Our next category is special effects. Judy, can you hand me the envelope?” “Here you go Grant.” “And the winner is Black Magic Studios for “From Heaven To Hell”. Here to accept for them is their president and owner Beal Scratch.” … Continue reading Oscar
Portland To Portland
Beginning and ending around here. Word count 998 I think about home in three dimensions - The dwelling, the location, and the internal environment. The first twenty years of home was a three level including basement in a place which was outside Portland, Oregon USA … Continue reading Portland To Portland
True Or False
Word count 3185 Which of these are true and which are false Mortality I have the body of a twenty year old – I keep it in the refrigerator for midnight snacks. I was worried when I was told that I … Continue reading True Or False
Chair
They look better than most of us Word count 100 Once a month the dance band section of the Lake Oswego Millennium Concert Band plays at a local Oregon church. It mostly plays big band numbers from the 1940s and 1950s. Many of the … Continue reading Chair
The Devil’s In The Details
Word count 50 To appear in 50 Give Or Take #1046
Lover
Word count 512 Payback hurts. Not allowed to display outside of Tuxtails. See https://www.tuxtailspublishing.com/lover-by-doug-hawley/.
Unmerry
Like that, but not in Kansas Word Count 394 In 1968 I followed my math Ph.D. thesis advisor Karl Stromberg to Kansas State University from the University of Oregon in Eugene Oregon to complete my studies. Professor Stromberg decided to visit Eugene over Christmas … Continue reading Unmerry
Doug Hawley 