Author Archives: dperras56

The Breakfast Club

Posted on July 20, 2018 by dperras56

It’s something I’ve always wondered about… do assholes know that they are assholes ? At breakfast after playing Saturday morning hockey I posed this question to my friend Dave G. He immediately looked further down the table and re-directed the … Continue reading →

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Being There

Posted on May 26, 2018 by dperras56

“Sometimes it’s heaven and sometimes it’s hell and sometimes I don’t even know.” -Willie Nelson A friend answered an e-mail that I had sent to her. “Good rant,” she wrote. “But so true !” Rant ? I wondered. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Up and At ‘Em

Posted on April 21, 2018 by dperras56

Lately, it’s occurred to me What a long, strange trip it’s been. ‘Truckin’- The Grateful Dead “Doesn’t Dad weigh about,like ninety pounds now?”, my son Adam asked my daughter Rachelle from the outback in Australia where he has been working … Continue reading →

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Trek Take-Off

Posted on March 15, 2018 by dperras56

As we organized our backpacks in the Kathmandu Guest House the evening before the actual trek began, Brenda offered me plastic bags to keep my things organized. “You know, one for the heavier clothing, one for the laundry,” blah,blah,blah. I … Continue reading →

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Kathmandu

Posted on February 21, 2018 by dperras56

Apparently the way to go for any wannabe writers are romance novels. They are the best sellers in modern day literature. But for a guy whose first gift to his prospective wife was a tiny cactus plant, followed by a … Continue reading →

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On the Road to Nepal

Posted on January 19, 2018 by dperras56

One can sometimes have great, deep thoughts at elevated altitudes, which usually reveal themselves as nonsense once one returns to a lower, livable altitude. That’s not really true in my case. At the beginning of our most-recent Asian excursion my … Continue reading →

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Goin’ Back to Houston

Posted on October 12, 2017 by dperras56

“I’ve been through hell and half of Texas.” -Janis Joplin “If I owned both hell and Texas, I’d rent out Texas and live in hell.” -General Philip Sheridan, Union General during the Civil War commenting on the Texas countryside during … Continue reading →

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Empty Nest

Posted on September 17, 2017 by dperras56

“I’ve always been crazy but it’s kept me from going insane.” -Waylon Jennings The sign in the Bed and Breakfast’s bathroom wall read: Our aim is to keep the bathrooms clean. Gentlemen: Stand closer. It’s shorter than you think. Ladies: … Continue reading →

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The Grim Reaper

Posted on August 28, 2017 by dperras56

I’m not going to go all cosmic on you and say that I saw God during my recent Near Death Experience. Well…okay. It wasn’t really a NDE. But driving myself to the hospital that Monday morning the pain was so … Continue reading →

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Out of My Time

Posted on August 13, 2017 by dperras56

A guy I play hockey with served three tours of duty in Afghanistan. He’s a little bit outspoken, somewhat rough around the edges, but then I’ve been called worse than that and I’ve never served anywhere. he’s still working and … Continue reading →

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