This is a short story, not so much a blog, but I can do what I want on my page. I hope you like it. My young daughter wanted a hamster; I wanted her to have a goldfish. After some debate she decided we would get her a hamster. I got the goldfish for myself to save face. I don’t think she was fooled. We entered the Pet Co. in the suburban town of Ruislip, England just before lunch on a rainy Saturday afternoon. It is always raining there so it must’ve been rainy, but I wa

This is a short story, not so much a blog, but I can do what I want on my page. I hope you like it. St. Mary’s Church was, and still is, located at the corner of 4th Street and Maple in Greenville, Ohio. It sat directly across the street from the elementary school of the same name. As a child I attended both. Early on, only my mother brought me to mass along with my brother and three sisters. My father usually saw us to the door while still in his pyjamas. This was the h