Chico’s Mom

Winter Season

Chicken pot pie She wiggled. Oh, how he wanted to be part of that wiggle. “Since you haven’t eaten,” she snapped him back into reality. “Come.” They went to the kitchen. She pulled a piping hot casserole dish from the oven. “That smells amazing.” His stomach growled. “Have you had anything to eat today?” HeContinue reading “Winter Season”

“I am not a crook.”

Share what you know about the year you were born. US Dollars Average House Price 9,942 A Dozen Eggs 45 cents Cost of a gallon of Gas 0.42 Average Cost of new house $34,900.00 Average Income per year $13,900.00 Richard Nixon becomes the first US president forced to resign. And of course, I was born. 🤣Continue reading ““I am not a crook.””

Winter Season

History “Oh no, it was honest.” He grinned. “What?” “I never figured you for an Earth nerd.” “Oh, I had great fun helping you grade papers. It brought back a lot of good memories.” The next ornament he pulled out were sticks glued together and painted. “Several years in a row I took patients toContinue reading “Winter Season”

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Are you a good judge of character?

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Shadow

This was Stella’s first trip to New Orleans. She walked down the streets with the enthusiasm of a child. Everything was new and shiny. Even if it wasn’t. This was the biggest city she had ever visited. It was fantastic. Watching all the boats, ships, and barges go by. Up and down the great Mississippi.Continue reading “Shadow”

S. I. N. K.

Winter Season

Ornaments Oscar looked out his window. There was a light snow falling. But he knew that it wouldn’t amount to anything. He smiled anyway. Esther walked outside to her mail box. She was really receiving mail. His smile got wider. Getting mail was a good sign. Maybe that meant that she might stay. Wait aContinue reading “Winter Season”

Waste not. Want not: ugly Christmas shirt

Winter Season

Talk in the snow “I think she expects more from you than she does your brother. You have the education. The good job. A polish, that if he has he doesn’t show. And I’m assuming he’s not a Christian.” “Then why beat me up?” “Because as she sees it, you’re not doing what she expectsContinue reading “Winter Season”