Franks spoke privately to the carver for a few minutes. Then he turned to us. “This is Billy James. He’s a master carver who’s come down from Canada to carve a canoe that can go on the ocean. It will be used for our tribe so we can participate in the tribal canoe journey this year. He’s going to ...
And as far back as I can remember, Mom and Dad always compared me to him. “Why can’t you be more like Jack?” Dad would say. Or, “It’s time to get it together, Randy. Your brother had already made the football team at your age.” Jack was a football hero in both middle school and high school. Every...
To pay him back, Mr. Saunders kept me busy in the computer lab. I had to clean computer screens, polish scanner glass, and change ink cartridges every day. I found out why I hadn’t seen Willy, too. He got sick over the weekend and missed three days of school. He was back on Thursday but was still...