Category: coincidence

Hello from Beyond the Grave

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This morning my dead sister said hello.  With terrible allergies in this month of May, I was rifling through catch-all baskets last night looking for my oximeter that I’d bought during the pandemic, the one that shows oxygen saturation. I thought I might have walking pneumonia.  Then I took Pepto Bismol and my throat was… Continue reading Hello from Beyond the Grave

Pennies from Heaven

Posted in best, blues, coincidence, deceased, drugs, Eric Clapton, Google, head shop, high school, humor, Iowa, J.J. Cale, marijuana, memoir, music, relationships, singing, songwriterLeave a comment

When I was sixteen, I saved up my babysitting money and went downtown to Cottage Grove Avenue in Des Moines, where there was a head shop filled with incense, hanging beads, roach clips, and tie dye. Although I wasn’t a pothead, I enjoyed the ambience of the place and the way my hair smelled when… Continue reading Pennies from Heaven