“No Thank You” Challenge

Attached is a piece of flash fiction, with exactly 100 words including the phrase “no thank you”. Let’s see yours! My digital timekeeper … “No Thank You” Challenge Ricky Hurlich, thanks for posting your challenge and allowing me to reblog it. “No thank you challenge” 100 word story This day sucked. All day long itContinue reading ““No Thank You” Challenge”

Happy Thanksgiving

Written at the first of the Covid pandemic. 🦃 The turkeys are thawed in the fridge with care, in the hopes that salmonella will not come visit this year. ~ We have visions of pies, cakes and cookies dancing in our heads. It may only be Thursday but we will be Sunday fed. ~ SoonContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving”

Winter Season

The Past Oscar just watched her. She had started swirling her water in the glass. He quickly changed the subject and more laughing ensued. Everyone had left; Oscar and Esther worked together this time to clean up the kitchen. She reached with her left arm to put something away in a cabinet above her head.Continue reading “Winter Season”

Winter Season

Friends “Sure thing. Come with me sir.” She held her arm out for him in a move that traditionally gentlemen did for their ladies. “Oh, did you lock up? I know that I don’t really have anything in there worth stealing yet. But this really sweet gentleman told me that crime is everywhere.” She winked.Continue reading “Winter Season”

Goofin’ off at work

Hey, diddle, diddle, The plates in the middle , The cup jumped over the moon; The little fork laughed To see the dish washer, And the dish ran away with the spoon. 🤣 I think it would be exciting to rewrite a song with Weird Al. I try to make putting dishes in the dishwasherContinue reading “Goofin’ off at work”

New Earth, the end

I consider this ‘my favorite’ of stories I’ve written. This is a repost. The dates have been changed. Time marches on. And the story has been broken into chapters for easier reading. I hope you enjoy reading New Earth as much as I enjoyed writing it. Posted: 10-9-2022 Revised: 9-10-2023 Reposted: 11-16-2023 ‘What of religion?Continue reading “New Earth, the end”

Eatin’ Crow 🐦‍⬛

Why do others take such delight – get such joy, to the point of spite – from someone admitting they made a mistake? They delight in the shake. ~ Revel in the quake. Dance in the wake. All mistakes are correctable. Unless someone is undetectable. ~ You might not like the outcome. It will beContinue reading “Eatin’ Crow 🐦‍⬛”