The anointment of the Oak Town Recreation Commissioners was a traditional ritual that had been conducted in the same manner for over a hundred years with little change.

This is Part II, the conclusion to “We’re Just Older”.

The idea came from a post on MyOaklandNJ that said the new council swearing-in ceremony might be moved from town council chambers to the senior center – I took it from there and built on it.

This is a story about two feuding neighbors in the fictional suburb of Oak Town

So, we were out at dinner and laughing about something, and I thought it would make a funny title for a story – but I had no story. Think I still don’t have a story. But anyway, I tried to make one up to fit the title I had for a story that did not exist.

This is a little video the kids and I put together……..It was inspired by reports of the “crop circles” where aliens have allegedly landed…,,and yard work

It gets boring blogging about Oakland politics, so this is a fictional piece set in Oak Town. It mixes the styles of Dr. Seuss and Flannery O’Connor. It’s a pretty short story in the old school style of having a meaning behind it. The plot revolves around the greatest prize in Oak Town – winning the mayoral election.

I can’t believe I found this ordinance concerning elected officials in Oakland….it explains everything……

This is a poem I wrote for my daughter. Poetry should not be accompanied with too much commentary, so it is what it is.