April 5, 2020

Cap’n Charlie’s Choppers

            Somerset Choice Station is often a gathering place for friends. Many stories are shared and this is one of the more unusual true stories.             Tommy Northam came in on a Friday afternoon to visit and found a gift waiting for him. The gift was from Shop Guy Doug Akley. Out of the bag Tommy pulled a beautiful, glass Christmas ornament shaped like teeth. With feet. He laughed and thanked Doug for the most appropriate present.              I didn’t get the joke.  I had missed the story Tommy had told Doug on a previous visit, so I asked him to tell it again. He was happy to share the…

November 1, 2019

Take Down

“Take Down”        Your Daddy watched this scene play out. He laughs throughout the story every time he tells it. It sounds like he’s playing back a tape of the show in his head. You handled the situation perfectly! He is so proud of you.        You were at church, in a room with other three-year-olds. You were all playing. One little boy was a little rambunctious. You and Daddy both saw him run at a little girl, bump hard into her and knock her to the floor. She came up screaming and crying. He ran at another child and knocked him to the floor. The boy, too, came up…