The “rooftop experience” of a Cubs fan in 1984.
What’s it doing on my roof?
Some days, it’s just better to stay in bed.
…She surveys his frame. Looking a little bit like a scare crow, he holds his cowboy hat in his hand with the discomfort of a teen on his first date.
The border between Mexico and Guatemala. A gringo’s backwards journey.
…Christians in the first century were crucified because they would not disavow their faith. But this last year, seven of my relatives were killed for the same reason.
An old bowling alley becomes a transport to earlier times of teenage innocence as well as Vietnam wartime choices.