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Fate Fairies
- This page is dedicated to those moments in life you realize could have been life changing - for better or worse they were "dates with fate"
Do you have fate fairies? They are mythical little creatures that meddle in your life; they are most likely the emissaries of what ever god you bring with you.
Click on the link below to see the original vignettes about some close calls and moments that have caused reflection on..., life. The link does not list the stories in chronological order in regards to time.
Dates with fate
The below links are original vignettes from the above link and are placed in chronological order with the oldest event listed first. All the orignal vignettes are being prepared for the book, "Fate Fairies." Click on the accompanying green "Book" link to see the edited book version of the original vignette (chapter).
The E3 designation identifies chapters edited a third time.
Semi vs old four-door Ford Book E3
Pipe in the stomach; "Walk it off punk!" Book E3
Duck and cover Book E3
Crying 16-year-old Buick-girl vs old four-door Ford Book E3
"Remember Bub, you only have one set of arms and legs" Book E3
The Molotov incident Book E3
The farm kitties Book
A chance to play football; the sandlot 1966-'68 Book
A chance to play football; the wait 1968-'70 Book
A chance to play football; Early high school gridiron 1970-'72 Book
Helmet in the spine Book
Missed Freshman basketball roster day Book
A chance to play football; the big time; the Junior year 1972-'73 Book
Fairlane vs milk truck Book
A chance to play football; the opportunity; the Senior year 1973-'74 Book
Keep your eyes on the road, "fool!" Book
A chance to play football; the big time; the Senior year 1973-'74 Book
Important celebrities like us fellers don't do interviews
Almost worked for "Heff" Book
The Decision Book
Should have died in Dugger, Indiana Book
The Archer affair; Sunshine the car Book
Sergeant Baker blew himself up Book
Septicemia via shrapnel from the range Book
Sergeant Bob? No "Sergeant Jack" 25 Book
Too important to have a beer with an Army buddy Book
"Thanks Frank, I could'a spent a while in jail" Book
Thoughtful job tips thoughtlessly ignored Book
Motorcycle bee sting: "Go away come back later" Book
School bus wreck Book
Two seconds from "depraved indifference" Book
"Haul to Pennsylvania....now!" Book
Damn near killed in Columbus Book
Humping cement; Should have stopped to see Kapps; "Hello Bob," "Lieutenant Jay, in the middle of Nebraska?" Book
Asleep at the motorcycle wheel; zapped by lightning Book
"The bird" almost cost me my ass Book
"I can throw you out of here with one finger" Book
New Year's - January 1st, 1981 Book
Missed the reenlistment bus Book
Consummate motorcycle wreck Book
Honeymoon in the VA Book
Texas Book
Knife on the family jewels Book
Graveyard epiphany Book
Who killed the grass on the "Grassy Knoll"? Book
Arlee stopped by one day, died the next Book
Fuck those trees and fuck you too Book
Part the Mixmaster like Moses Book
Meningitis Book
Blood Clots 50 Book
Lost Rings Book
Could have been in Saudi Book
Bug-eyes in the Tire Truck
Rear-ended by the one armed man who was rearended by teeny-bopper chick Book
A few last job interviews....from the gates of hell - missed State opportunities Book
Study hall epiphany
"I could use a man like you" Book
"Wanna load beer?" - A day late - two years short Book
Nursing home epiphany Book
"Can't you call someone?" - no phones in Intensive Care Book
Early set back in nursing; 180 "degree" turn; word of my Best Man Book
New service member for a day Book
"High diddle diddle, The cat played the fiddle, [The deer jumped over the Metro]"
A year in a wheelchair Book
Checkbook on the shopping cart Book
Lawyers, judges, crooks, and cops Book
Make a decision, or others will; "Where's God?"; Whoosh Book
A-fib rears its ugly head after five years Book
The mother of all thrombosis - "Tough it out, you just have the flu" Book
Last official day of lifeguard work September 11, 2001 Book
Almost killed by Little Beanie the "Tiny-tiger" Book
Nuanced intern tips ignored
Hot sun, Harley ride, heart arrhythmia, "Feewe'n whucky today?" Book
Landing in Saigon Book
"Where's Cambodia?" "You're in Campuchia, you stupid men!" 75 Book
The chicken and contraband bus across Laos Book
"Over the rail, you old fuck'n bastard!" Book
Hanoi, "Many tricks," in 'Nam, "And don't say, 'Nam!" Book
Iraq - life-changing project Book
One rubber-stamp date away from Third World prison Book
Oneway street into Kurdish machine guns - taxi dude ...., "Idiot" Book
Never shot at once, but still bleeding to death in Iraq Book
Discretion and cat valor: The feral among us Book
Asleep in Munich Book
Shoot out with the Kurds Book
Lost in Mosul looking for the temple of Lalish
"Syria good, Syria very good!"
A run for County Board - "Thank your gods I lost"
"I wanna braid your hair, Mister"
Killed and brought back to life yet again
Front end fell off the Metro on I-90
The only kid is the oldest kid by default
Kids - conspicuously absent
The beneficiary of "luck," but, also modern medicine
Relearning what is really important - from a three-legged kitty 95
(vignettes and book under construction - in progress)
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