Tag: sgt. rock

• Memoir: a road not taken (1968-72)

  

  My first physical fight with another male occurs shortly after we move to 1022 S. Scoville. I was five years old. In the backyard, under the cherry tree, one of my soon-to-be playmates, a couple of years older than I, had somehow provoked me. We fell to pushing and grappling, and pretty soon he got…

  abendelow

  May 22, 2025

  memoir

  chicago blackhawks, domestic violence, homophobia, irish-catholic, male violence, Marilyn, mysogyny, performative violence, Rhem Park, robert frost, school culture, Scoville, sgt. rock, Shotgun, south oak park, sports, status games, the road not taken, Washington Irving School

• Memoir: 1971-72: My short-lived love affair with war narratives and killing machines

  

  Playtime in the neighborhood is often coordinated by my sister Sharon’s friend, Debbie Smith. An only child, Debbie reaches out to the younger kids and is a positive role model for us. She organizes alley games of “Kick the Can” that are the most exciting thing in my young world–a game of intense hide-and-seek, not…

  abendelow

  November 23, 2022

  memoir, Uncategorized

  bird dogs, danville, ford country squire, hunting, john wayne, killing, memoir, sgt. rock, shotguns, violence, war, war comics