Catch up here – Shack Man Chapter Twelve – Family Ties I’m on the phone with my sister. “…This is serious,” I said, trying to get her to hear me and focus. “Well, no shit, Elsa. He’s hit all the marks.” “What do you mean?” “Well, if we can’t see …
Catch up here – Shack Man Chapter Ten: They Think What? I could not possibly be more stupid in some ways. I get by okay. I have a key or two at my disposal, but by traditional standards there are huge gaps in my body of knowledge. I consider this my Mo…
Catch up here – Shack Man Chapter 9 – Love Shack, Baby, Love Shack! Friday came. By now, I could see, Shack Man was utterly competent. I put myself in his hands, entirely. Rather than a quick dinner and run out there, we took the the long scenic …
Catch up here – Shack Man Chapter Seven – Meandering Pisces Mars I didn’t go out to the shack right away. I was calm but, Kay, was anxious. “When are you going to see the shack?” “I don’t know. Whenever he takes me, I guess.” “I hope it’s soon. …
Catch up here – Shack Man Chapter Six – The Plan He laid out his plan for our first date. It was a pure fantasy. It was obvious I was in good hands and abundantly clear he’d been listening to me all along. I noted the information he gathered from…
Catch up here – Shack Man Chapter Four – What Happened Next The calls kept coming, but the whole thing continued to have a hologram feel. I was both weary and stimulated by it. At times the conversation was intimate. No, not overtly sexual, but h…
One of the reasons I’m posting stories lately is to recall a time when people interacted in ways that were fun, light, deep, and surprising. I feel this is real life, as opposed to the awful way people treat each other these days. I’m hopin…
Chapter Three – “I Live In A Shack” Catch up here – Shack Man Shack starts calling me and it just drives me crazy. He literally drives me up a wall. He remains in hot HOT pursuit and I eventually imagine that he may be but it is…
I started studying astrology with my sister, when I was eight years old. I was nearly thirty years old before I met another astrologer. This was because I’ve lived in the sticks most my life. But then I quit Frito Lay and moved to the city that h…
I started re-watching, “The Bear”. I know it’s a bunch of Italians, yelling, but I’m a yelling, Italian, and I really enjoy the show. I’ve been looking in my archives and came across this, which is about, Chicago Italians….