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Category Archives: Reflections from the Kahwa Coffee Shop

The Volleyball Player and the Cowboy

I step into the maw of the cavernous Orlando Convention Center and am assaulted by the screaming of at least five hundred teenage girls. The air is peppered with arcing white volleyballs.

Posted byMarshallApril 1, 2023January 5, 2025Posted inReflections from the Kahwa Coffee ShopTags:American Male, Volleyball1 Comment on The Volleyball Player and the Cowboy

“The Doctor Will See You Now….”

I have shoes older than my new primary care doctor. He has a pageboy haircut, like Prince Valiant…

Posted byMarshallJanuary 8, 2023June 2, 2024Posted inReflections from the Kahwa Coffee ShopTags:Army, Doctor1 Comment on “The Doctor Will See You Now….”

Election Day

“I’m worried about you,” my sister Peg said. “Are you sure you’ll be safe?” I had just told her I had volunteered to be a poll watcher.

Posted byMarshallDecember 4, 2022December 28, 2024Posted inReflections from the Kahwa Coffee ShopTags:Festival of States, Poll Watcher, St Petersburg, Voting1 Comment on Election Day

Get a Job

I envy men who have had a profession, men who always wanted to be an actuary or a toll collector on the New Jersey Turnpike. I was born into a military family. My father, both grandfathers, a grandfather’s brother, my brother, three of my cousins, and a brother-in-law were military officers.

Posted byMarshallNovember 6, 2022December 28, 2024Posted inReflections from the Kahwa Coffee ShopTags:College, Job, MilitaryLeave a comment on Get a Job

Being the Big Kahuna

I held the gavel suspended in mid-air. It was my last meeting as Chair of the St. Petersburg Urban Detritus Society (SPUDS). I held fire on gaveling the annual membership meeting to an end

Posted byMarshallOctober 4, 2022December 28, 2024Posted inReflections from the Kahwa Coffee ShopLeave a comment on Being the Big Kahuna

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