September 2015 – Page 3 – Sam's Online Journal

September 14, 2015September 14, 2015

300 Writing Prompts: #112 [The Middle]

“Write about the middle of something, anything!” We didn’t have middle school, not really. For us it was a straight shot from kindergarten through 8th grade, with no real demarcations beyond the grade levels themselves. But if we had enjoyed a true middle school I assume it would have been somewhere around 7th and 8th … Continue reading 300 Writing Prompts: #112 [The Middle]

September 12, 2015

Waiting For Water

The pool is bone dry Hollowed out by strength And impossible machines As loud as jackhammers Next to nature’s disdain But now the noise has died Testament to a progress That knows no boundary A silence born of time And waiting for water. Sam Continue reading Waiting For Water

September 11, 2015September 11, 2015

The Blackboard

I walked into that classroom with chalk in my right pocket. It sat neatly ensconced in a box I had just picked up from the main office, but I had absolutely no idea what I was going to write with it. The room was large, about the size of the entire downstairs of my house, … Continue reading The Blackboard

September 10, 2015September 10, 2015

Snapshot Stories #2

How did I get to be a tall man who is afraid of heights? I often wonder how many of us are out there, people struggling with a problem they don’t feel they can tell anyone else about for fear of being ridiculed. That’s like saying I’m a black man who is afraid of walking … Continue reading Snapshot Stories #2

September 9, 2015

To Be Understood

“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.” ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca I’m used to qualifying what I say. You know: “What I meant was…” or “I hope you know… wasn’t what I meant.” That’s because too often I’ve been misunderstood. I think it has something to do … Continue reading To Be Understood

September 8, 2015September 8, 2015

The Bad “Date”

In order to explain why the Good Date was the one and only date I had with Jill (The Good Date), I have to go back a week prior to it. Or maybe I have to go back to the beginning of the semester. You see, I wasn’t going to classes back then. In fact, … Continue reading The Bad “Date”