Tag Archives: Smitty

WIP: Smitty and the bluesman

Posted on August 13, 2018 by michaelstephendaigle

“What you learn, kid, is that you blame her and she blames you and you both walk away with a little tear in your heart that never heals. A place, a song, a word, opens it back up. That’s how … Continue reading →

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More “Three Rivers:” The swimming pool and the air battle to end World War II

Posted on September 4, 2014 by michaelstephendaigle

Smitty’s tale is coming together faster than I could have imagined… Time dragged with the sameness of a bad painting, the full colors of summer dully washed out; hot cloudless days when the grass fields behind the house turned yellow, … Continue reading →

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Katina at the piano. More “Three Rivers”

Posted on May 24, 2014 by michaelstephendaigle

This is another sketch for the story about Smitty, tentatively called “Three Rivers.” “How’d they get it in here?” I asked her, staring at the huge, gleaming Steinway that filled the middle of the study. Even the main entry into … Continue reading →

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Smitty and Katina

Posted on May 17, 2014 by michaelstephendaigle

Smitty is a character from my story, “The Summer of the Homerun,” (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/299057). I’m using his story as the centerpiece of another work so far called “Three Rivers.” For reference, there is another sample available on this site at http://wp.me/p1mc2c-aa. … Continue reading →

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Baseball story

Posted on October 22, 2013 by michaelstephendaigle

With the World Series about to start, here’s a sample from my story, “The Summer of the Home Run.”   “The Summer of the Home Run” is available at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/299057   “Anyway, on this particular day, I was out at … Continue reading →

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