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Winter Season

Everything I do is wrong Please be advised ADULT LANGUAGE! Oscar was going through the motions of getting ready for bed but Esther wasn’t sure that he knew they were really happening. The doorbell rang. “Do you want me to get that?” Esther asked him. “Sure.” Did he say it or did he dream thatContinue reading “Winter Season”

Forget me not

*Bois d’ arc aka Lions Mane, A poetic conversation, 2024.

Winter Season

Text, text, text…… Please be advised ADULT LANGUAGE! Since the time his mother called, he had turned off his phone. Esther was in the kitchen heating up some leftovers. “Look at this.” Oscar laid his phone on the table. He had ten missed calls from her, three from his sister-in-law, five from Doris (as ifContinue reading “Winter Season”

The Bra

We took a little trip. To the next town over. Just a little zip. ~ Do a little shopping. Some business hopping. ~ Birthday present and chicken wings on the menu. A girls evening ensued. ~ Mission accomplished. Homeward bound. We didn’t need a GPS or a blood hound. ~ On the side of theContinue reading “The Bra”

Winter Season

All your fault! Please be advised ADULT LANGUAGE! Once at the ER, Oscar told them everything that Chet told him to say and little else. As he was being examined, Esther busied herself writing her statement. It had been a long time since she had written one of them. But like they say; it wasContinue reading “Winter Season”

Blown light bulb

Whoo hoo! Girls trip. My pseudo sister lives about 2 hours and 15 minutes away from me. My bestie (her mom) and I had plans to drive up and spend the day with her. Her dad was already in this town for a meeting. I’m gonna drive. Which stresses me a little. Several years ago,Continue reading “Blown light bulb”

Mouse vs key

Why will my curser not move? I have so much work to do. ~ Where is my car key? I just want to leave. ~ How will I get all this work done? My cursor still won’t move. ~ What is happening here? I can’t make any headway. ~ When will that clock read 5?Continue reading “Mouse vs key”

Winter Season

Where does it hurt? Oat turned at the end of the porch and flipped them off, turned to leave and fell down the steps as Oscar slammed the door behind him. Esther went with him to the bathroom. After he washed his face, “let me see.” She took her finger and gently pushed at hisContinue reading “Winter Season”

Emotions

A study published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences suggests that there are as many as 27 different categories of emotions. Robert Plutchik believed that humans can experience over 34,000 unique emotions but, ordinarily, they experience eight primary emotions. I dislike them all: unobtainable, unachievable, unsustainable, some undesirable. Wars have been fought. StatuesContinue reading “Emotions”