Short-Tales

About Me
Home
A Short Introduction
About Me
Some Favorite Pictures
The Rosebush
The Grey Overcoat
Scene from a Bus
The Shelter
You Just Never Know
New Shoes
Heaven Can Wait
The Tree is Bare
How Do You Like Being Old?
NO MAN
Home Again
Timeless
Solitary Bird
Senior Citizens Lament
Where I've Been
To Be Six Again
Death
Furneral for Mr. Bonzo
Jimmy Jones
Grifter
Life of my Father
Life of Father, Part 1
Life of Father Part 2
Life of Father Part 3
Life of Father Part 4
Life of Father Part 5
Life of Father Part 6
Life of father Part 7
Life of Father Conclusion
Coming Soon............

I grew up in the wonderful city of Huntington, West Virginia.
I was born however in Winchester, Kentucky during a violet thunder-storm,
which is probably why I love thunderstorms.
I moved to Michigan when I was sixteen and have lived here ever since.
I began writing when I was 9, having been influenced by my
Mother, Pauline, who wrote poems and sonnets as long as I can remember.
This particular site, Short-tales, is one of four sites that I maintain to
offer my writings to the general public.

I hope you will spend some time reading my work and I
do hope you may identify with something you read here.
Whether that happens or not, I want to thank you for stopping by
and may your day be filed with everything you want it to be.
Johnny 

Backpacker taking a drink; Size=180 pixels wide

 

 

Unknown facts about Johnny Pouch:

  1. Was once told by park rangers to leave the Grand Canyon in Arizona because he climbed 50 feet down the side of the Canyon while on-lookers, behind the security fence, screamed at him, thinking he would fall.

     

  2. Left his job on his lunch hour (in 1965) and drove to California via route 66, stayed a month and came back and his boss gave him his job back.

     

  3. Once helped 11 year old Stevie Wonder onto the stage at the “Music-box” in Avondale, Mi. (in 1960) Stevie signed a record deal the following year with Motown.”

     

  4. Used to attend parties at Bob Segar’s Farm outside of Ann Arbor in the 60’s.

     

  5. Once lived in a commune with 16 other people (for three weeks in 1960.)

     

    6- Has been married 4 times, twice to second wife,

         (Really loved wedding cake no doubt!)

        

 

    7- Has 13 grandchildren.

 

8-Was the first son born to parents of four girls.

 

9- Used to perform in a beatnik theater (Cave of the Ninth Cat, Pontic, MI. 1960. Read  original poetry to audience).

10- Once owned 29 cats.

Many of these unknown facts were revealed at a special dinner and got such a warm chorus of unbelief and laughter, that I share them with you so that my transparency is noted, (he said with a grin!)