The other night She pointed to Oscar still sitting in living room floor, still looking blankly into space. “Help me get him up and over to his house, please.” They worked together to move him. “Does he make a habit of not eating?” She knew the answer to that before she even asked. “The moreContinue reading “Winter Season”
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Fur 🐾 real?
What are your feelings about eating meat?
The Offer
Jessica sat on a deserted park bench in shock. She stared helplessly into space; desperately trying to figure out the days events. “Lovely isn’t it?” A male voice interrupted her tragedy. “What?” She replied blankly. “The church you’re staring at.” She broke her gaze to look at the church. “If you say so.” “You don’tContinue reading “The Offer”
Jeans & t-shirt
We have a simulator prompt in June. I’m a jeans and a t-shirt kinda girl. Tennis shoes in the winter, flip flops in the summer. What are your two favorite things to wear?
Winter Season
The card Esther’s second week in this new place was quickly approaching. She still hadn’t spent her first real night in her house. But she was taking her time and doing everything right the first time. Getting sick from the Covid booster didn’t help. Oscar didn’t seem to mind. In fact, he seemed to beContinue reading “Winter Season”
Waste not. Want not: pans
I think I mentioned in an earlier stanza that the company I work for buys us birthday lunch. Sometimes lunch is brunch. I have been given permission to bring the leftover grease pans home to my dog. I get the benefit of eating the content before. Chico after. Then sharing on my blog. Some ofContinue reading “Waste not. Want not: pans”
Winter Season
Closet When Oscar got home from work, Esther was cleaning away. There were a stack of boxes on the porch, some moving blankets and The Rollings Stones were singing their lungs out. He knocked but was sure she didn’t hear him. After several minutes, he knew she didn’t hear him and he let himself in.Continue reading “Winter Season”
“Comparing yourself to others is the biggest killer of happiness.” Alux.com
Who is a popular author? That makes money at this? Stephen King comes to mind. “When he first graduated from college, he tried to find a position as a teacher but had no luck at first. King took a job in a laundry and continued to write stories in his spare time until late 1971,Continue reading ““Comparing yourself to others is the biggest killer of happiness.” Alux.com”
Friends
I was talking to someone the other day about this poem and I couldn’t remember all of it. Here is the whole piece. https://sarazarrella.com/2010/12/reason-season-and-a-lifetime-poem/
Winter season
Nosy friend? On his way to work, Chet pulled him over. “How are you this morning?” “I’m okay.” Chet got in the car with Oscar. “Look man, I’m only looking out for you okay. Please don’t hate me. I ran Little Miss’s plates. What she said at dinner worried me. She is either in someContinue reading “Winter season”
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