Category: Odd experiences
The dream with Bob Hope and the piano bench
The dream began with me in the wings, waiting for my introduction. It wasn’t a large theater — a high school auditorium, maybe,…
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The dream at the Drake
I had a dream the other night — I would have reported it sooner except I’ve been busy — that left me perplexed….
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Mississippi anaconda
Did you ever step out of the shower — without your glasses, of course, because it would be odd indeed to shower with…
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The rappel tower
(Warning: Contains coarse language.) Heights have never bothered me very much. As a child, whenever my family would visit tourist attractions involving high…
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Roadside discomfort
The worst roadside restroom I ever visited was in northwest Indiana. It was 1989 and a friend and I were on a late-night…
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The first time I visited Toronto
I was 25 when I took my first vacation by myself. I lived in Chicago at the time and thought it would be…
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My book is out!
Months in the making, OVERHEARD in LA…and elsewhere is real! It lives! Buy a copy or three (it makes a great gift and…
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The train from Barcelona
On the train back to Fitou from Barcelona yesterday there was a French couple sitting in front of me with their baby. Robert…
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