Category Archives: True Stories I’ve Written

True short stories

Send In the Cavalry!

Posted on June 30, 2012 by russtowne

As our children got into their mid to-later-teen years, they and their friends used to “hang out” a lot at our house, and usually in our living room. It probably had a lot to do with the fact that My … Continue reading →

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Don’t Smile!

Posted on June 30, 2012 by russtowne

My Beloved and I found that one of the hardest things about disciplining our young children was staying serous when scolding them—especially when every instinct in our bodies and minds wanted to smile or burst out laughing. For example, call … Continue reading →

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Hallway Torture

Posted on June 30, 2012 by russtowne

One of the toughest challenges we had as parents was regarding discipline. We wanted to be firm but loving and fair and for the consequences to be effective, age-appropriate, and child-specific. Unfortunately, it quickly became obvious that what is a … Continue reading →

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Divide and Conquer

Posted on June 29, 2012 by russtowne

Much of what My Beloved and I learned about parenting was taught to us by our children. For example, if they wanted something and the first parent they asked said “no”, they’d simply go to the other parent and ask … Continue reading →

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Ramblin’ Rosie

Posted on June 29, 2012 by russtowne

In my early- and mid-teens I dreamed of having a ’57 Chevy with those beautiful tail fins and those big rubber things that looked like, well, looked like so many things did to boys that age. I wanted a ’57 … Continue reading →

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Sock Wars!

Posted on June 28, 2012 by russtowne

One day when our boys were still fairly young, I kidded my Beloved about something as she sorted and matched a basket of clean socks and was rolling the matched pairs into little balls to keep them together. The next … Continue reading →

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My Beloved Jock and Rah-Rah

Posted on June 28, 2012 by russtowne

(I know, that is one seriously messed up title, but please hang in there with me as I hope to make it clear as to why it isn’t QUITE as weird as it sounds.) Between my Beloved and me, we … Continue reading →

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The Day My Beloved Got Me Fired

Posted on June 27, 2012 by russtowne

(A re-post from 2010 to share with newer readers) Back in 1980, several months after we got married, my Beloved got me fired. It all began when I had to take time off from work due to the simultaneous removal … Continue reading →

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Two More Bullying Stories

Posted on June 27, 2012 by russtowne

When I was 15-1/2 I used to walk or ride my bicycle to work at a large buffet restaurant. One day as I neared the back door of the restaurant a bully started taunting me and yelled that he was … Continue reading →

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Bullies

Posted on June 26, 2012 by russtowne

I’m glad to see that there are several major initiatives to end bullying. I believe in some years it may be responsible for more deaths than war. I was bullied as a kid. I think most kids were. I was … Continue reading →

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