by Gene Sanders | Dec 2, 2016 | From The Porch Swing
When I was a little boy, I fell down a lot. I had a healthy sense of adventure and exploration, but not much sense of balance and almost no muscular coordination. My first stitches came when I fell off the monkey bars at the playground, split open my chin, nearly...
by Gene Sanders | Nov 28, 2016 | From The Porch Swing
The Porch Swing is near the greatest collection of amusement parks in the world. And it had been about 20 years since I’d been to the father of them all. So, recently Mrs. Swing and I found ourselves wandering through Frontier Land and came upon people taking...
by Gene Sanders | Nov 14, 2016 | From The Porch Swing
So some people say. Others say different. It would be fairly easy to fill up a page discussing the relative merits of big vs. small and short vs. tall. But that’s too easy, although I must admit almost irresistible. After all, my 5 ‘2” wife has a t-shirt that says...
by Gene Sanders | Oct 31, 2016 | From The Porch Swing
Only a fool would intentionally smear HazMat on their skin, right? Only someone with serious emotional issues would, on purpose, squirt HazMat on her/his body, right? Um, no. Not right. To reduce the risk of spreading or getting infections, many people smear their...
by Gene Sanders | Oct 17, 2016 | From The Porch Swing
It only took me about 19 years to finish college. Surprisingly, I did take some courses in most of those years. I’d enroll, go awhile, and then take some time off. I’d finish a class or two, drop a class or two, or even just not finish without dropping out. That...
