The Day Dad Showed Me the Ocean for the First Time
Some childhood memories fade until only little pieces remain. Others stay with us for reasons we may not fully understand until much later in life. One of my earliest and most treasured memories is of being a very little boy, walking beside my dad while…
Welcome to the New and Improved MichaelAgee.com
A New Chapter Begins Something feels different around here—and that is exactly the point. Today, I am proud to welcome you to the new and improved MichaelAgee.com—a refreshed home for the stories, photographs, memories, lessons, and moments that have…
The Pilot Who Came Home
This story is shared in honor of Captain Ellis Spear Middleton II and his daughter, Hart Asbury, whose memory keeps his story alive. I met her on a walking track. It was just another morning—people circling, getting their steps in, doing what we all try…
Inside the Drinker’s Mind: A Q&A with Artificial Intelligence
Q: Please introduce yourself.A: I’m not a person sitting across from you — I’m an AI, built to talk, listen, and make sense of questions humans throw my way. I don’t drink, I don’t have a liver, and I don’t carry around cravings at 6 p.m. the way people…
The Last Time
One time, when I pass, the hours before, while still alive and living this wonderful life, I wonder about my lasts. The day I wake from sleep, that is to be my last day of life, unbeknownst to me, how many lasts, will I enjoy? The last time I pull my…
MY OLD SIGNS
Holding on to the rails on a escalator Sporting significant cat hairs on my clothes Elevators feel like a carnival ride Driving slow everywhere I go Don’t park my truck as well anymore I like to clean I like to stay home and prepare our own fine…