My girl at 19
A sticky spring morning, 2011. I’m living with my family in Rusty Water, Kan. My kids will live out their K-12 academic careers out here,...
Christmas Parody Letter 2023
Dear _______, Merry Christmas wherever you are! Let’s hope there’s snow & hearts aglow & the yuletide is gay. I’m all for happiness....
History and Me
By Jeff Guy To Dr. Jay Price Hi, I'm J. Guy & that's all you need to know. Nobody can change that. Let's say I want admission into a...
Church of St. J. Guy
You’ve blown it all sky high by telling me a lie And my calling was thus…an angel of the LORD rode up to me on a flaming pie and exhorted...
Everly loving
"All I Have to Do is Dream" -- The Everly Brothers Hi, Jeff, here and I was. Midnight a’ risin’. Keyed up, I guess ‘cuz it’s the weekend....
Christmas 2022
By Jeff Guy The model train chugged along a metal track around the Christmas Tree at my Grandma Mac’s house in Augusta, Kan. I thought it...
Christmas Parody Letter 2022
Dear ______, Season’s greetings. Christmas time’s rock’n. The Corn’s a-poppin'. Get a PFA if an ex is stalking. The late Kirstie Alley...
Plaid Pants Man
By Jeff Guy Every house is haunted by its own pain. I know it to the blood, bone and marrow of my mortal being and no man, woman or child...
My boy at 21
September 27, 2022. Roughly 4:45 p.m. Derby, Kan. (pop. 24,000). I’d just left work to meet my son, Sam, at Blue Sky Storage. We were...
Easter 2022
By Jeff Guy I went into Easter this year feeling a little sad. It was similar to how I felt last Christmas. My grandparents are gone, Mom...