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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  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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  Dewey
  I have long suspected that we have ghosts in our house. The original structure was built in 1890 so it has a lot of history. One night during the time we were giving it a complete renovation, I was upstairs pulling ship lap boards off the walls and tossing them through a hole to a… Read more: Dewey
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  Earworms
  First of all, excuse me for whistling. If I don’t let the music out, my head will explode. I am a chronic whistler, more so when I am stressed. I also constantly have a melody looping in my mind. That same tune can loop for hours until I nearly go crazy listening to it.
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  The Curious Case of the Crossbones Treasure
  A peanut sat on a railroad track; its heart was all aflutter. Along came a choo-choo train, choo-choo, peanut butter.

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