Monthly Archives: August 2016

Summer Before High School – First Solo Sneak Out – Part 2

Posted on August 27, 2016 by RealBlake

Since there were ten or more balls out at once, and thirty or so kids fighting for the rebound, it was a madhouse. This is where I got into my first fight. There was a kid named Derick Babcock. He didn’t seem very intimidating to me at the time but, in hindsight he and his brother Zach had major entitlement issues. This wasn’t uncommon with a certain class of people. This class was somewhat manipulative and didn’t treat people… Continue reading →

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Summer Before High School – First Solo Sneak Out – part 1

Posted on August 18, 2016 by RealBlake

The team was on point that night and we finished up quickly as the Chevy Suburban getaway car pulled up around the corner. Somebody whispered loudly..”Let’s Go!”, and we all ran back out to the street and piled in, expecting our “evacuation specialist” to peel out and put distance between us and the scene of the crime as quickly as possible. But…. Continue reading →

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Swollen

Posted on August 11, 2016 by RealBlake

Disclaimer: This story covers a serious and dramatic subject so, please excuse the language….a friend who I’ve known for a long time. I knew they were not doing well, but I didn’t know how not well they were. I knew that they were in a strange town and had been out of work for a long period of time. I also heard that, without any family they had to check into a program for…. Continue reading →

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Short Stories: Summer before High School – Part 2: The Lake House

Posted on August 6, 2016 by RealBlake

Clint and I were both signed up for the spring little league. Sure enough, we had been put on the same team so we started hanging out. Ray was one of the guys I’d met through Clint and we all got to be pretty tight.
The summer before high school, I was invited to go out to the lake house. One day, while Ray and I were kicking around out in the back yard… Continue reading →

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Short Stories: Summer before High School – Part 1: The Fireworks Show

Posted on August 3, 2016 by RealBlake

I was still one year away from hiring age, so had to resort to mowing yards if I wanted to earn more money than my allowance gave; that or go back to lumber-jacking on the farm, which was one of the hardest, hottest, exhausting, sweaty and risky…. Continue reading →

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