Monthly Archives: April 2019

Signs began appearing on abandoned K-Mart stores and other large empty buildings around the country. The Write Stuff, a play on words to be sure, was the name of a new company designed specifically for the aspiring writer. For a … Continue reading →

  My car pulled into my assigned spot, grateful for the upgrade. It’s nice to know you have a spot reserved, especially on busy shopping days. I had just finished my granola bar and word jumble puzzle when the car … Continue reading →

LET ‘EM EAT CAKE   My family and I lived outside Juneau, Alaska in a log cabin. My dad earned a modest living, trapping animals and selling their pelts. Most of my meals contained some kind of wild animal meat, … Continue reading →

Happy 100th birthday to the ironically numbered 19th amendment to the constitution of the United States of America.  As stated…”The right of citizens to vote shall not be impaired or abridged by the united states or any state on account … Continue reading →

…Zachariah ripped the door open… He was fully prepared to meet the devil himself. It wasn’t the first time. In that moment, his mind flashed back to several weeks ago when he was hunting in the woods. He had been … Continue reading →

Guido was turning 78, he’d had a long exciting life.  He’d come in through Ellis Island in 1945 at the age of 4, his family escaping Mussolini’s screwed up rule of Italy and the aftermath of WWII.  He’d grown up … Continue reading →

  Chance brought the three together, friendship formed a spiritual bond that would last throughout their lives. Dan, the son of a Boston factory worker; Mikey, whose family were Cajun shrimpers from Louisiana; and Jose, a second generation American from … Continue reading →

    ABANDONED SPARROW REFLECTS ON THE FRAILITY AND IMPERMANENCE OF LIFE   Samantha, the sparrow, was pushed out of her nest by her siblings. Her mother did nothing to save her! After all, she was just another gaping crop … Continue reading →

Greg pushed the cart slowly along the floor. The cart was full of small transport cages containing 40 now famous white rats. These rats looked pretty much identical in their pure whiteness and deep red, slightly protruding eyes, long leathery rope … Continue reading →

The digital sign read, ACCIDENT AHEAD. ROAD CLOSED. FOLLOW DETOUR, and that’s what I did, or thought I was doing. I-25 between Las Cruces and Albuquerque is the personification of empty, desolate nothingness, so becoming lost should have been impossible. … Continue reading →

The trip started out well enough, the weather was cold for late August, but beautiful and I was free of work and stress for the next four days.   My canoe was packed and I was alone on a great … Continue reading →

  “YOU’VE GOT MAIL”   Twila Nestorenko had a rather odd occupation, to say the least. As an expert Scuba-diver, she was highly qualified for her job at an exclusive Florida hotel, that was completely submerged under the waters of … Continue reading →

“Double or nothin’, Roscoe said. The Devil laid his head back and roared with laughter,” What’ve you got to offer?  The deal on the table is my money for your soul.” Roscoe continued,” I know a riddle you can’t solve, … Continue reading →

Adam was awakened by a sound he had never heard before. Opening his eyes, he saw his new spouse chewing on something, something forbidden! “What are you doing? We aren’t supposed to eat that!” “I know, but I was hungry … Continue reading →

I awoke to another beautiful and hopefully profitable day by my alarm clock playing the old Louis Armstrong ditty, “Gone fishin instead of just a wishin.” It’s surprising that a song written so many years ago can be relevant today … Continue reading →

The hinges scream in my ears as the door creaks open! “It’s time, John” the voice intones.  A halo of light surrounds the heads of the four figures that assault my vision. A hooded one carries a large book and … Continue reading →

In a shaky, broken voice the young lady on the phone pleaded, “Please don’t hang up. I’ve had a terrible day. I’m in a real pickle. I just got into a car accident and it was my fault. I filled … Continue reading →

WHAT WAS THAT SOUND?   Hezekiah and Zachariah Yocum were asleep in their beds inside a log cabin in Kentucky. The year: 1843.   Next to them, in another bed, were their two sisters: Delphine and Wilma.   All four … Continue reading →

It wasn’t so much the sound as it was the feeling that the sound engendered in my brain.  The feeling was DOOM! The sound was the slow workings of the tumblers in the lock on my LOCKED door!  Sort of … Continue reading →

Since we seniors are a fast growing segment of the population, it’s time Hollywood stepped up and gave us super heroes we can relate to as we slowly lose our functions and our body parts. We need a super hero … Continue reading →