Monthly Archives: June 2018
6/25/18 – Granger: WHAT DOES AN INTROVERSION LAYER DO?
It was one of those mornings you wish you could seal in an old Ball/Mason jar and keep. A rollicking, early-summer thunderstorm had stomped its way through at 1:30 AM with all the finesse of an attention-starved 3-year-old. I’d ground and perked a pot of Air Capital medium roast. As I sat sipping the fragrant … Continue reading
2nd Cup for 6/18/18 – “ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT” For The GENTLY USED
It had been a relaxing summer break, but the choir was ready for our annual “Let’s Make Music Together” catered taco feed and karaoke night. These events were always a hoot, because they signaled the beginning of the church’s Fall work toward the holiday seasons of year’s-end and the following Spring. Everybody was … Continue reading
2nd Cup of Coffee, 6/17/18: AND ALL THIS TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS HIM WHO DIDN’T GET IT
Of course I thought I knew more than my dad when I was growing up. What kid doesn’t? You can spare me the wide-eyed, head-shaking denials. Neither you nor I are children any longer. Can we save some time and agree to stipulate that you and I were far more brilliant as kids than our parents were as … Continue reading
Granger: THE NEW GUY LIES, TOO – 6/7/18
His name was “Doc”. At least, that’s what his nametag read. Since Jimmie’s is a 50’s-style diner, the décor reflects that, and the servers all wear that period of dress: poodle skirts, bobby socks and big hair bows for the women, slacks, white shirts, bowties and soda jerk hats for the guys. I don’t know what … Continue reading