All the Malachi’s
Malachi: the amalgam of certain students during my career as a 5th Grade teacher, the one kid every year …
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The High Dive
“Jump, you chicken!” Laurie yelled, shaking her clenched fist, feet planted firmly on the cement below.
I stood there on the high dive. The long board slowly swayed up and down. My heart beat so loudly that it sounded like a bass drum in my head. I shivered. 90 degrees in the shade, but still my gangly, 10-year old body shook. So did my legs.
Cards
With the advent of email and Facebook, is the act of sending a card going the way of the dodo? …
Pocket Watch
During the school year when Friday comes around I’m usually exhausted and more than ready to hop the train from …
Movie Cliché Titles Never Produced – 5
Here’s round five in my ongoing list of possible movie title clichés with synopses. While not actually produced, I offer them to …
Pennsylvania Fugue
Lancaster, PA artist Freiman Stoltzfus and I collaborated on this short film called “Pennsylvania Fugue”. Click on this link to …
Writing Henry and Leo – 2
The writing process is never the same for me. Each new idea comes in a different way and is executed …
J. Peterman
When I was fifteen I saw an ad in The New Yorker magazine for a horseman’s duster jacket sold by the J. …
Albert and the Pelican
Every June, a good friend offers Freiman and me her family home in Mishaum Point, MA for a week’s vacation. …
Never Assume
While setting up my classroom last month before my new students arrived, I stubbed my toe so hard that it …
Tim Steffen 