Randy-DADDY’S PARTY, ACT TWO of a play about survival and denial

DADDY’S PARTY
by
Randy Ford
 
ACT TWO
 
(The setting is the same as the first act. Only now it is dark outside, and the clock hanging over Dr. Johnson has slowed until it has almost stopped.
Dr. Johnson’s breathing is labored and loud and, for the audience, amplified. It is like a loud snore. There are long pauses in his [...]

Randy-DADDY’S PARTY, ACT ONE of a play about survival and denial

DADDY’S PARTY
by
Randy Ford
 
 CHARACTERS (in order of appearance)
Dr. David Wayne Johnson Father
Nurse
Mrs. Johnson Mother
Penny Next to the youngest sibling
Clint Oldest sibling
Jude Youngest sibling
Olga Jude’s wife
Alice Next to the oldest sibling
Sherman Former brother-in-law
 
 ACT ONE
 
(Part of the exterior and interior of Dr. David Wayne Johnson’s home can be seen.
 
Dr. Johnson lies in a hospital bed in the master [...]

Randy-writing about the homeless beyond the surface

      I haven’t written much about homelessness; and homelessness, which I spent over nine years combating and was something I could’ve easily fallen into, has not been eliminated in our country.   My persistent views were not popular in my town, but now, to some extent, they have been adopted by most social service agencies working [...]

E. J. McGill-new non-fiction book, BLACK TUESDAY OVER NAMSI, A TRUE HISTORY OF THE EPIC AIR BATTLE OF THE KOREAN WAR

      E. J. McGill’s non-fiction book, BLACK TUESDAY OVER NAMSI, A TRUE HISTORY OF THE EPIC AIR BATTLE OF THE KOREAN WAR is now available from Heritage Books (800-876-6103 or HeritageBooks.com) for $27 plus shipping. 
      Over seven years in writing, BLACK TUESDAY OVER NAMSI chronicles the calamitous B-29 daylight bombing mission flown by the 307 [...]