Portfolio Category: Short Stories

Crocodiles of Guadalcanal In January 1996, I sat with 11 other scuba divers on the top deck of a 150 foot live aboard, watching the sunset over the mountains of Guadalcanal. As the boat moved away from the shore and headed out to sea the intense heat and humidity of mid-summer began to fade as…

Delayed Gratification In 1965 a friend of mine dropped out of high school and went to work in a scrap steel plant in Portland. It was a union job and he made a little over $5 .50 an hour which was a lot of money at that time. His salary allowed him to purchase a…

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