SoloDude's Blog (7)

First Glow...........
Once upon a time a few summers back, I had just finished another night surfing the web. I shut down the computer and as the room went dark as it clicked off I prepared to turn in for the night. I turned around and noticed the glow from the almost full moon and how its luminescent lit up the back yard and surrounding area. All at once I noticed out in a far corner of the garden, a firefly flashed it… Continue

It was one of those hot summer nights. You know the kind, the kind where even the sheet sticks to everything. I couldn't sleep anymore. It was a Friday night and I decided to stop in to the local joint and check out "Happy Hour". Two hours later I was home and bombed. I think they should post signs in bar windows saying the bar is celebrating the owners birthday. That way your not getting yourself in too deep right off. Anyway, it was a Friday night, and it was HOT. I woke up just about 10 m… Continue

......Last Light


Out beyond my garden is a set of railroad tracks. Back in the good 'old days', there was a set, now there is only one. In those long bygone days the trains would highball it pretty fast through town during the days, but needed to slow down at night as the five crossings through town only had the flashing light signals and to give proper visibility to motorists they were required to slow down somewhat. We st… Continue

*****Chapter IV - Into the Night***** We walked on for what seemed like about 4 hours. Finally she slumped down against a stump and looked back at me watching her from where I had stopped leaning up against a tree. We had a almost full moon that night so at least the trail was semi evident. She looked at me for a long time and finally said in a weak voice, it'll be cold tonight so we better bunk together. I looked at her and all the possibilitie… Continue

*****Chapter III - Full Worm Moon ***** Along about early morning I awoke havin to relieve myself, I stumbled up to my feet and walked over into the thicket. Once finished, I walked back to where my thin lil blanket was and as I started to lay down, I looked over to where Barney was, and as I squinted in the darkness I could barely make out that ol Barney was in fact gone. I got back up and walked over and found his bindings still layin there and after further insp… Continue

***** Chapter I.....On the Road *****

I remember its was a cold dark night back in the early spring of 1975. It was raining so hard, I could barely see through my glasses from the drops much less the steam from my eyeballs. I was walking along a deserted country highway, hitch hiking everytime a car happened along, which was almost never. I was cussing up a storm because I just knew I was going to be stranded walking out h

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***** Chapter II.....Long Cold Lonely Nights *****

I walked down that road just about all night. I did stop and crawl in under the bottom of a bushy pine tree for a couple of hours sleep, but it seemed everytime I closed my eyes, another car or truck would buzz by. I think Bubba and his scuzz bag buddy drove by me twice, but I was to tired to even look.

Just about an hour before dawn, I got back on the road and started wal

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