Dicky Wingfeld has it all: a great job, a loving wife, and a new house. But Dicky also has a problem: a father who cannot seem to stop collecting junk.
One morning when Dicky’s father, Richie, appears at his son’s bedroom to ask if he’ll help him track down a couple Great Danes he saw running loose in a field, Dicky finally figures out why his father’s yard looks like the county dump.
Content Advisory: Swearing, smoking, depression, hoarding, loss of mother to cancer.
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Credits:
Music: Ergo Phizmiz and Kai Engel
Field and Tree Photo: John Mark Arnold
Story and Narration: Christopher Gronlund
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This one is my fav so far. I’ve known hoarders… very real and familiar.
Thanks, CMS. I rarely base stories on real events or people, but there are some truths in this one. It’s an older story — I think I wrote it about 20 years ago? Maybe longer?
Yes, it was about 22 years ago. 😉