My god, it's 1969, late, I've just gotten home from 2 tours as a Marine in Vietnam, everyone's heading for Woodstock, I'm driving East on Route 66 in this newly bought at a used car lot in San Clemente, 1960 Triumph TR3a, top down, listening to the radio.
Amazing story !! I love Triumphs. My grandfather had one & I tried to buy one once but someone beat me to it. Yours is a beauty. Two tours, Glad you returned safely Ed.
And I've been experimenting with the old Dick and Jane books...substituting my onw twisted dialogue. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2xie7...
and here's a short true war story that was nominated for a Pushcart prize in 2019 www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ihysf...
Is that photo younger you with your parents? Very nice picture and what a nice family. You are a very good writer. I'm processing, all I can say in the moment is Wow, amazing story. Thank you for sharing.
There's a lot more to it than that....life lived....lots of life lived.... I think that's why I ended up as a writer. Here's a dropbox link to my work. Satire/humor/other stuff www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wbkyd...
I look forward to reading this when I can take my time. Thank you for sharing your story.
There's more. a bit at a time...they're all short/flash fiction.