Yes, I served in Vietnam, grew up in the counter culture listening to The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, The Who, The Animals, The Kinks, The Zombies, Steppenwolf, Hendrix and Janis Joplin. I drank too much beer, participated happily in the sexual revolution and was a professional student. I worked a lot of jobs. Finally, I got my MFA in fiction writing from the University of Pittsburgh in 2006. I recently took early Social Security.
And now at the age of 62 I have the perfect job. I’m the editor and publisher of this online publication.
Filed under: Commentaries | Tagged: age, Baby Bommer, beer, counter culture, dream job, editor, Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, jobs, MFA in fiction, Online Publication, professional student, publisher, sexual revolution, social security, Steppenwolf, The Animals, The Doors, The Kinks, The Who, The Zombies, University of Pittsburgh, Vietnam, writing | Leave a Comment »
Flash Fiction For Thanksgiving 2009
The Old Soldier hasn’t forgotten that tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I’ve got my beer and ‘DVE is playing “Monster” by Steppenwolf. Man, does that song bring back memories for the Old Soldier. What a great rock song from the Vietnam era. I hope I spelled the name of the band correctly.
Well, I don’t write flash fiction for any particular holiday; but I thought over the Thanksgiving Holiday you might like to read some of the flash fiction published by the Gazette that gets the most hits.
So, here’s the first one: Girls Gone Wild
This is the Old Soldier drinking beer, listening to ‘DVE playing Black Sabbath, blogging and reporting from Oakland in the heart of the City of Pittsburgh.
Rate this:
Filed under: Commentaries | Tagged: 'DVE, band, Black Sabbath, blogging, City of Pittsburgh, flash fiction, gazette, girls gone wild, hits, holiday, memories, Monster, Oakland, old, published, reporting, rock song, soldier, Steppenwolf, Thanksgiving 2009, thought, tomorrow, Vietnam | Leave a Comment »