Joe Gensle's Blog – April 2010 Archive (5)

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Tugs of War

Ricki took the afternoon off to spend Rory's birthday with him at the park, the third grader's first dadless birthday since Ron's funeral in October.



Rory came screaming "Mommmmmmmmy! Mommmmmmmy!," down the school's corridor, answered by Ricki's," Happy Birthday, baby!," finishing with the youngster's collision into a rising and twirling embrace.



The afternoon had been built for the picnic and kite-flying, where Ricki showed her little man how to send a piece of paper all the… Continue

Added by Joe Gensle on April 16, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

9:35 at the 9th St. Diner

Ramon, the line cook, paused with the spatula full of cold greaszy hash in midair only to slap it onto the overheated grill with a SMACK! from ten inches off the deck in a diner whose counter was littered with tips that contained pennies.



Lonnie sat four stools down from the cop, hunching his upper torso rapidly up and down toward the counter's edge to the beat of music that didn't exist, and loudly spinning a quarter on its edge again and again as he shot sidelong, darted glances at… Continue

Added by Joe Gensle on April 15, 2010 at 1:30am — No Comments

The Masters: Golf's Iconic Irony

She was so ill from her breast cancer fight that Amy Mickelson had stayed in bed all week at a rented home in Augusta, Georgia, host city of golf's storied tourney, "The Masters," as husband Phil undertook its rigors.



The spotlight was swept with Tiger Woods' career resumption to win America's most coveted title in golf after taking a sordid plunge into the crucible of public disgrace and concomitant personal humiliation which, this week, had amped-up the frenzied, worldwide media… Continue

Added by Joe Gensle on April 12, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

The Easter Egg Hunted

In 1959, Davy's sisters and brother were 13, 15 and 17. He wasn't even 6 years old, yet.



Easter morning, his mom and dad suggested the older kids hide eggs in the front yard to buy the family a little quiet time later when Davy would awaken and could jolt the neighborhood--instead of the house--with 80 million megawatts of his predictably high-strung excitement.



He flew outta bed and here he came yelling down the hallway bursting into the living room with jet-winged arms,… Continue

Added by Joe Gensle on April 8, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Where I Loved: China Beach

Many have left their hearts in San Francisco and mine is among them.



I lived and worked in 'the city' and, decades ago, had been delivered to 'Babylon-by-the-Bay' in pursuit of a bachelor's degree from San Francisco State University (that I affectionately called 'Hayakawa Tech' for its President made infamous by his mishandling student protests, on-strike from classes).



China Beach became my personal retreat, my study hall, my place to picnic and snuggle with my… Continue

Added by Joe Gensle on April 8, 2010 at 7:00am — No Comments

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