Archive - Spurnpiker's Journal

I'm Not My Father

Jun 15 •

My Bid for a Darwin Award

He's climbing a ladder to heaven

Jun 14 •

Wifflebrawl – wiffle ball for badasses

You might not get to second base but you just might get religion

Jun 13 •

Storm story: Ashland firefighters uncover records from blizzard of 1978

From a piece I wrote for the Ashland (Ohio) Times-Gazette

Jun 12 •

The End of the Road

Sneak Preview of My Novel for Paid Subscribers Only

Jun 8

Live First, Write Later

A canoe trip moment of epiphany.

Jun 6 •

May 2025

A picture's worth a thousand words

But no one needs that many words to say anything. Ever.

May 31 •

Growing up knowing that they knew that we didn't ...

May 30 •

Country Fair 2025

Another Dystopian Nightmare

May 29 •

Postmistress Ratched

Another Excerpt from My Novel in the Works

May 25 •

Storm bathing – It just might keep the munchkins and flying monkeys away

A good night’s sleep doesn’t necessarily involve sleep.

May 24 •

Rat Wranglers of the U.S. Postal Service

An Excerpt from My Novel

May 23 •

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