The Two Friends of My Childhood             My uncle Dale was two years older than me, so we sort of grew up together. We often shared homes and schools, as well as street basketball and movies. Dale was not much interested in school, whereas I loved it – even though I was not much good…

JUST WAITIN’ FOR THE BUS             I spent many hours riding and waiting for buses when I was a kid. Now I am waiting for the one last bus. In the words of Otis Redding, “sittin’ here resting my bones”. I’m tryin’ to keep busy, but I quickly run out of things to do. When…