Monthly Archives: October 2019

FORTUNE: DANGER   Janacek Cavallas Hurston ate dinner at his favorite restaurant in the Chinese section of San Francisco. He dined there at least twice a week – a habit he had followed the last ten years of his life. … Continue reading →

BUCKYBALL   New York: Touting its new medication’s ability to assist in cessation of unhealthy activity, pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, unveiled a new medication to help adults cut down on and eventually quit the practice of sitting. “We at Pfizer are … Continue reading →

I suppose “you would have had to have been there” to understand. The long winters of snow drifts, wind swept arctic looking landscapes, and high piles of shoveled and plowed snow demanded a new word to describe an assault on … Continue reading →

     The Kung Pow Kitchen Chinese take-out had the best egg fu yung in the state.  Brenda brought her first order from this establishment home on a Friday evening at the end of her first week on the job.  … Continue reading →

It spread like wildfire. Nobody could describe the despair which had developed throughout the world. People were tired of hatred, wars, poverty, floods, disease and tofu. A single word was needed to describe their plight. A contest was held and … Continue reading →

    HOW TO DISAPPEAR   Worthington Selkirk III went shopping at Barnes and Noble to buy a book he could enjoy during his weekend at the beach. He looked forward to a relaxing time, reading and sunning on the … Continue reading →

The news has been terrible this week. Who can sleep? You can’t get away from it. Breaking news is never good news. The president is either God’s Gift or the Devil’s Child. Don’t even think about being in the middle. … Continue reading →

“Papa come see what we found! You have to see this right now,” said Ben with every ounce of excitement his seven-year-old voice could project. Jack was replacing missing thatch on the roof of his adobe two-room home, and really … Continue reading →

    FROZEN   Seventy-two-year-old, Lance Deering McBurney, resided in a fifty-five and over community in the rump state of Florida. Every morning, without fail, for the past ten years, Lance went swimming in the outdoor, Olympic-sized pool. He never … Continue reading →

(I will be somewhere between Vegas and Reno while the meeting is in session so if someone would like to read this to the group I’d appreciate it.)   They told me I had 2-6 weeks left to live. My … Continue reading →

Frozen treats are God’s gift. Is chocolate almond chip ice cream better than sex? Perhaps. There certainly is foreplay. She sits at the rear of the shelf behind the frozen peas, coquettishly inviting me to seek her out. I stare … Continue reading →

        Betty Bonasera Billingsly toted her load of dirty clothes to Wendy’s Wash Emporium, as had done every Friday night for the last five years. Nothing exciting ever occurred in her life, let alone in the laundromat, … Continue reading →

The new ride at the theme park in Orlando was an instant hit. Everyone exited raving about the experience. But the big attraction was the chance – the slim but possible chance – that you could be invited to take … Continue reading →

Lemuel was 12 the first time he saw the ship hovering in the sky. He’d been brushing old Dobbin in his stall one evening after supper and saw a light shining through the back door of the barn. When he’d … Continue reading →

It was Release Day. Everyone had lined up for days to be the first to get a copy. “I AM” was hailed by the critics as the greatest piece of writing ever. Yet nothing at all was revealed. No spoilers. … Continue reading →

It’s amazing just how messed up a living room can get when a few of the guys come over for Chinese takeout followed by a Thursday night football game. I was in the process of returning my home to a … Continue reading →

I know it’s crazy but I actually read the fortunes in those delicious cookies. I take home half the meal but I just can’t resist cracking open the fortune cookie right away to see what the message will be. It’s … Continue reading →

From the time he was a toddler, Doug Preston was fascinated by weather. His first sentence was, “Storm coming, Mama,” as he pointed toward the towering black clouds just east of their home. As he grew, his talent grew with … Continue reading →

The debate was intense and long, as it should be for such weighty matters. The cups, crumpled napkins and bagel pieces were scattered among stacks of reports and graphs. The group was faced with a difficult decision- end their little … Continue reading →