I clutched my five nickels in my 7 year old hand as I negotiated Penrose Avenue. It had become practically a highway, which fed…
“Cat’s In The Cradle”
The jet touched down at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport exactly on time, and already I felt an air of calm come over me. Mom had nudged…
“Don’t Sleep In The Subway”
As my 72’ Plymouth Valiant pulled into Missy’s driveway with a lurch, I was reminded of another visit to Missy’s a few years previous…
“Circle In The Sand”
“GET IN THE CAB!!! C’mon!”, Kurt screamed as I drunkenly attempted to manage the passenger door, the irate taxi driver’s patience wearing thin. “You…
“People Are Still Having Sex”
Miss Patty plopped her bumblebee yellow turban on her head as she waved goodbye in a fair thee well swan song laughing loudly into…
“Sad Eyes”
I noticed the blistering sun had faded the Milky Way wrapper on the dash of the Gran Torino station wagon as we hurriedly raced…
“Touch Me In The Morning”
I hurriedly ran up tree lined Queen Lane and into the house we called home. I leapt for the tv as my favorite Japanese…
“Abracadabra”
As I pulled into the mud encrusted parking lot of the scintillating Fantasy Showbar, I spotted a fading sign belonging to the now shuttered…
“Kun Aika On”
The train pulled out of Helsinki’s main station Rautatientori as I gazed out the window of the E Regional train to Leppävaara; where Mikko…
“It Must Be Him”
It was late August 1992 and I was hurriedly dressing, mostly primping, awaiting Raven and Joey’s arrival as it was Monday night and Vagabond,…