Category Archives: Salt Lake Stories

Summer In The City

[Final Draft] CHAPTER EIGHTEEN – SUMMER IN THE CITY With my future employment assured in Tacoma, I turned my attention to the new experience of home ownership. Our south-facing house, in the terraced neighborhood known as The Avenues, took the … Continue reading

Posted in Family, Memoir, Salt Lake Stories, Salt Lake Stories | Comments Off on Summer In The City

Summer in the City — iii

[First draft] With the walls painted, I rented a sander and got to work on the floor. The unwieldy contraption moved across the wood with all the finesse of a pneumatic jackhammer. The rental was for 48 hours. Two days … Continue reading

Posted in Memoir, Salt Lake Stories, Salt Lake Stories | Comments Off on Summer in the City — iii

All In All Is All We Are – iii

[First Draft, cont’d] “Everybody’s talking about where they’re going next year, after graduation.” Al had Jet in a headlock, the Golden loving every second of his master’s attention.             “And…” I said.             “And, I don’t know what I want yet. I … Continue reading

Posted in Memoir, Salt Lake Stories, Salt Lake Stories | Comments Off on All In All Is All We Are – iii

All In All Is All We Are — ii

[First draft] It’s a job for him, this skiing. Every day around 8 he heads back to the garage on the alley and disappears in his yellow VW bus. He comes back at 4, 4:30. The routine is reassuring. He … Continue reading

Posted in Memoir, Salt Lake Stories, Salt Lake Stories | Comments Off on All In All Is All We Are — ii

All In All Is All We Are — i

[First draft] It’s a job for him, this skiing. Every day around 8 he heads back to the garage on the alley and disappears in his yellow VW bus. He comes back at 4, 4:30. The routine is reassuring. He … Continue reading

Posted in Memoir, Salt Lake Stories, Salt Lake Stories | Comments Off on All In All Is All We Are — i

Salt Lake Stories – Chapter 1, Just Like Starting Over

[Final draft] “Let’s go back to that one in the Avenues,” Cheryl said to the burly real estate agent driving us around the Salt Lake valley. We’d been touring pleasant homes in Sugar House, built twenty to thirty years earlier soon … Continue reading

Posted in Salt Lake Stories, Salt Lake Stories | Comments Off on Salt Lake Stories – Chapter 1, Just Like Starting Over