Things That Happened
Patrick JohnsThings That Happened is a collection of illustrated short stories about things that have happened in my life, from childhood to parenthood and in between. It has humor, heart, and oddness.
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Mini Things: Volume 1
Hello! Welcome to the first edition of Mini Things. I thought every once and a while, I would send out a collection of things that I have recently posted to Substack (that’s not one of my longer Things That Happened stories). It could be a...
Robbed on the 4th of July
This past July, a bunch of my family went to our local 4th of July parade.
My 2 daughters (Sylvia-10, Natalie-6) and my 2 nieces (Violet-12, Penny-10) put on quite a display of getting candy.
After the parade, we all went back to my paren...
Ballpark Feasting
Note: The original version of this post was done as a guest post last week on Paul Daugherty’s Substack: The Morning Line. Paul was a sports columnist for the Cincinnati Enquirer for 30 years and now shares his writing with his readers on h...
Coming to Grips With the Yips
When I was a sophomore in high school, I tried out for the school baseball team.
The first day of tryouts could not have gone better…
Day 2 went a little different…
It was raining at the start, so we were told to warm up by tossing in th...
Sneaky Treats
When my 2 girls (Sylvia - 10, Natalie - 6) get home from school, they always have a snack. Usually it’s something like Cheez-its, a granola bar, or an applesauce pouch. Desserts and candy are prohibited as an after-school snack (unless spec...
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Hi, I'm Patrick. I write and illustrate stories.
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