“There will always be those who mean to do us harm. To stop them, we risk awakening the same evil within ourselves.” Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk, Star Trek – Into Darkness
Author Archives: Chico’s Mom
The Snake and The Rabbit
JHM part 2 “I thought the law forbade women from owning property.” Inspector Hopkins asked. “It is very complicated. I would be honored to explain the full measure of the law if need be.” He looked around the room. After a moment of no comments, our young Mr. McFarlane continued. “The second oldest document isContinue reading “The Snake and The Rabbit”
For the love of people
People are amazing. A small part of my job is interacting with the public that comes to our office. Deliveries, mail, clients, and yes even folks that are lost. Edwin McCain is performing in our town tonight. You might remember his romantic hit “I’ll be”. Our office had a discussion about this song earlier. ItContinue reading “For the love of people”
What’s cookin’?
Once there was Darkness
Chapter 48 Kol knew he needed to tell Kessa about his dream. He kept thinking ‘one more day. I need one more day with her and I’ll tell her.’ Days turned into months. Kol had known his wife many times since they had been married. Something about this time was different. They were in theirContinue reading “Once there was Darkness”
Shhh 🤫
Write about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone. I do random acts of kindness but very few people know about them. It’s just the way I’m wired.
The Snake and The Rabbit
John Hector McFarlane Holmes was in the habit of not telling me all of the details that were rolling around in his brain. However, at the end of a case he would always ask me about points that I could not conceive or perceived incorrectly. This I think was so that he would have allContinue reading “The Snake and The Rabbit”
Thankful Thursday: gratitude mind set
Do you find it hard to have a gratitude mindset? Life kicked you in the teeth one too many times? Overwhelmed? Feel undervalued? Here’s you a thought. There are 7.8 billion people on planet Earth according to a 2021 census. At least 1 billion of those would give anything to be you. Think about thatContinue reading “Thankful Thursday: gratitude mind set”
For the birds
Birds hit this window all the time. It doesn’t kill them. There is a nest under my gutters; maybe they miss their mark? Chico loves to bark at everything. So a bird hitting this window does not go unnoticed.
Once there was Darkness
Chapter 47 Kol and Kessa were going over their duties for the coming week. She raised her head, sniffing at the air “do you smell that?” They both went to the balcony. In the distance, toward the beach a fire was raging. They ran as fast as they could toward it. Other citizens joined themContinue reading “Once there was Darkness”
