Like many parents, mine attempted to capture all the milestones in a baby book. Mine seems to trail off close to an incident I had with my father’s van.
The street I lived on was a typical neighborhood with houses lining both sides. It was somewhat narrow, but with enough room for cars to park on […]
I had a pet dog named Smudgy when I was about Five. He was a short-haired german shepard mutt that looked like he had a dirt smudge on his nose. He was a great dog. he was always a good sport has I tried to climb on him and ride him like a horse. Of […]
I realize this is a slight departure from my normal focus on my own events, but I thought it might be helpful to understand the genetic makeup of darkcloud.
My father was recently trimming a tree. He knowingly used a somewhat unstable ladder in the process. As he was trimming the ladder gave and he fell […]
When I was young my sister and I begged my dad for Trix brand cereal. After some time of doing this he finally caved. We were ecstatic. We argued over who got to hold the grocery bag. We talked about how wonderful it would be in the morning.
My dad had other […]
I’m not always sure how I survived growing up with my dad. He was busy one day while caring for me and gave me a screwdriver to play with. I was about three. An hour later when he next saw me I had taken the vacuum completely apart. It took him many more hours to put […]
One of my earliest memories as a child was this: At around age 2-3 I managed to acquire a pair of my mom’s scissors. What better to do with a pair of scissors than run with them? Well I did that, and I found something better, I shoved them in a wall outlet. It jolted […]
My parents were big on nature, living a vegetarian diet, Tofu, composting, etc. As such they wanted to have a natural birth at home. Unfortunately for them I was not positioned correctly. They ended up having to go to the hospital.
The doctor attempted to move me around with forceps. But by then it was too […]