Mitchell Way

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Captain Crash speaking, aka Marty Mitchell. We are coming in for a landing at Mitchell Way, the home of my misadventures in life and reflections on faith.

Is Mitchell Way a state of mind? A real place? A way of life? Tough to say. You be the judge.

My Most Recent Stories

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  One Snowy Night at Christmas
  Light snowflakes were falling out of the evening sky as I crunched through the foot-deep snow covering the sidewalk in my hometown. This was something I looked forward to each year; walking the streets of homes in the historic part of town to look at Christmas decorations in their yards and the lights from their… Read more: One Snowy Night at Christmas
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  Catch-22
  My best friend, Chuck, was sitting across from me in a booth at Bunks Drive-in. It was late in the afternoon and the sun was setting. A blonde woman’s wig lay in the center of the table between our two Cokes.
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  The Store Next Door
  Once upon a time, before freeways, and Safeways. Before Thriftways and Haggens, Fred Meyers and Walmarts, when boys wore Brylcreem and girls wore skirts with Bobby socks and saddle shoes, there were neighborhood grocery stores.
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  As I Lay Under the Stars
  As I lay on my back under the stars I wonder, “Is that the Aurora Borealis or is my headache causing my vision to shift?” As I lay on my back under the stars I wonder, “Is that the space station or a really, really, really high jet and if I had a flashlight could… Read more: As I Lay Under the Stars
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  Oh, For the Love of Pat
  You’d have to be in a certain age range to notice: 50 years and older. Any younger and you would never have heard of the man, but it is not uncommon for me to get the same question asked from the 50+ crowd: “Have you ever heard of the humorist, Patrick McManus? You have the… Read more: Oh, For the Love of Pat
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  The Jim Creek Miracle
  Not all stories are embellished for a laugh. Some are 100 percent true. When I think of a US Naval station or base, I think of battleships, destroyers and aircraft carriers moored on long piers. Jeeps shuttle sailors up and down streets lined with large warehouses filled with supplies while tugs escort submarines into the… Read more: The Jim Creek Miracle
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  Miracle On The Nooksack River
  “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for God is with you wherever you go.”  Joshua 1:9 Summertime on the Nooksack River, sitting in an inner tube, floating mile after mile in the warmth of the sun. On any hot weekend in July and… Read more: Miracle On The Nooksack River
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  Demon Possessed Appliances
  Right off the bat I know that many of you will scoff at the notion that there may be a spirit world. The idea that there are good spirits as well as a slew of very unsavory ones is to some, a laughable idea. Yet the movie industry makes millions of dollars each year on… Read more: Demon Possessed Appliances
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  Elderly, Who’s Elderly?
  I was standing in line at the movie theater waiting to buy a ticket when I heard two twenty-somethings making comments about a slowpoke elderly man. They couldn’t mean me. There has got to be someone else in this line who is older than me. I will just casually turn around and see who they… Read more: Elderly, Who’s Elderly?
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  Extended Face Kit
  Say guys, are you tired of sweltering hot days where the perspiration running off your head ruins that freshly permed $56.00 haircut? Tired of having sweat stains in your Grecian Formula leaving you looking like a leopard? Do what I did. I got the Extended Face Kit which includes extensions all the way to the… Read more: Extended Face Kit

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