Tag: chsfl
member name: Roger Kiser
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June 10, 2008 09:17 PM EDT --
My short story titled "THE BULLY" was made into a short film by Edward Asner and producer/director Nicholas Delfino.
It was very unusal to see one work on film. One day just a memory and . . .
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November 06, 2007 11:50 AM EST --
The CDs of "AMERICAN ORPHAN" (The best stories of Roger Dean Kiser) just arrived this morning and are now available at: http://www.geocities.com/trampolineone/survive/srv080.htm
The sale of . . .
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September 04, 2007 05:05 PM EDT --
I was thirteen years old when I watched the Donna reed show for the first time. I had been living in the Children's Home Society Orphanage in Jacksonville, Florida for almost seven years.
I had no . . .
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June 26, 2008 09:37 PM EDT --
During the triple points ordeal I ask my gather friends to help me raise enough points to get a Home Depot gift card to help my son build a shed for his lawnmower and tools. I was able to get $125.00 . . .
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October 17, 2007 08:57 PM EDT --
Needing to get something laminated I headed down to Staples Office Supply. Getting out of my truck I saw a Coca Cola stand set up in front of the store. Written on the side was a hand printed poster which . . .
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June 09, 2008 04:46 PM EDT --
As this is the anniversary of my orphan brother Davids death; I thought I would repost this story
"SISSY-BOYS"
As we kids left the dining room at the orphanage, my friend David . . .
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April 12, 2008 04:41 PM EDT --
If I had to choose just one person who has affected my life more than any other individual, it would have to be Mayme Winters or "Mother Winters," as we called her at the orphanage.
I am not . . .
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June 05, 2008 10:32 AM EDT --
I realize as responsible adults we must watch what we say, especially when children and grandchildren are in the area.
I am probably one of the most impatient men living on the face of this earth or . . .
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June 20, 2008 12:23 PM EDT --
I know that everyone who has grandchildren is very proud of them. There is this hope that their offspring will have a happy life and that the world will be a much better place than it was when they were . . .
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July 03, 2008 12:48 PM EDT --
This is a very unusual story. It is one that is very difficult for me to tell. Not only because of the incident itself but trying to tell the story in such a manner that it is not crude or disrespectful. . . .
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October 12, 2008 04:33 PM EDT --
Those of you who have read my books and stories know of the horrors we children suffered at the hands of the State of Florida. On October the 19th the Miami Herald will release a story in their paper . . .
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July 10, 2007 07:35 PM EDT --
"The record before me indicates that you are constantly getting into trouble. What seems to be the problem?" asked the judge.
"I don't know why I get into trouble all the time. I do . . .
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October 25, 2007 08:11 PM EDT --
I don't remember us orphans being worried about getting in trouble with God. God was someone you had to deal with after you were dead. We had a long, long time before we were gonna be dead.
As . . .
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August 16, 2008 01:35 PM EDT --
Well, many of my gather friends suggested that I take ten days to think things over before deciding to close our home child advocate's office. The individual who flagged my article, advising people . . .
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January 16, 2008 06:46 PM EST --
I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I have always considered myself just a regular old fellow.
I live in a twenty-two year old doublewide mobile home, in Brunswick, Georgia; drive a truck . . .
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August 14, 2008 11:48 AM EDT --
Hopefully, by expressing my opinion, as well as my feelings about this subject, I am not lessoning what the term slavery actually means. I know that many African Americans suffered greatly at the hands . . .
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September 12, 2007 05:20 PM EDT --
"What's wrong with you?" I asked Benjamin as I walked into his bedroom at the orphanage.
He said not a word as he lay across his bed. He was crying as loud as he could. I just stood there . . .
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September 12, 2007 06:06 PM EDT --
On tonight's show we have a return guest. Roger Dean Kiser is the author of
many stories and is a frequent contributor to lots of internet columns. He
has now written a book Called Runaway. He will . . .
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November 03, 2007 12:05 PM EDT --
I was a little disappointed when I saw the old buildings were now gone that I had known as a young boy. Every one of them replaced with a high-rise. It had been a long time since I had been to Jacksonville, . . .
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March 15, 2008 09:53 PM EDT --
I don't know what made November 20th 1950 any different from any other day. Just because it was my forth birthday was no big deal. There were no parties or gifts given us kids for any special occasion . . .
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