Monday, November 10, 2014
I'll miss being there. Funny how it can change from being that barely-noticed building on North Main Street to the hub of my routine. But I saved a story from last Tuesday to share here. A woman I'll call Nancy has come for soup and salad, and of course Bingo, from time to time. In fact the last... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, November 9, 2014
The Pistol
One Saturday morning some guys came up to the front door, loaded up my piano and rolled it out onto the stoop, then up a ramp into the back of a pickup truck. It took 'em about ten minutes, and my future ex thanked them for getting it out of his way. He'd swapped it for a.45 semi-automatic handgun,... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, November 7, 2014
A Plot Thickens
Seal Team 6, under their "cloak of invisibility" landed at the compound and took out the al Queda leader in a dark op that beat out any scenario a Hollywood screenwriter could have dreamed up. They spirited his body from the scene and buried Bin Laden at sea, in, out and done with "nobody" being the... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Buzz and Reva sittin' in a tree. K - I - S - S - I - N - G
Buzz turned 80 last summer, and his wife brought cupcakes for all the Bingo players to celebrate. Buzz wears a beard from fall to spring, shaves it off in the summer time. It is pure white and gets long enough by the holiday season that he can play Santa Claus. He comes early on Bingo days to shoot... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Election Day at The Center
Great News, boys and girls! The campaign ad blitz is over for 2014! I’m so happy the robo-calls have stopped. The Center’s a polling place for two local precincts here in Mundane. We had voters coming and going all day. The director’s day started at 5:00 a.m. We stayed open until the polls closed.... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Pro-Crastination
I believe the dragon egg thing is a delaying tactic. Thank you for not reminding me that November is for getting work submitted to publishers, not for NaNoWriMo novel writing or piddling around with household projects - all those things I do to avoid getting at priority 1 tasks. When I've got a... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Thanks for the feedback on the Dragon Egg thing.
Several very good ideas for the story... Sign in to see full entry.
"After All" - a new reader
Son Joe stopped by for coffee. I had a business card I'd picked up at the Art Fair at the Library park in October, this amazing artist whose works look like fine oil paintings done by Van Gogh - not copies, but the vibrant colors, the sense of motion, the sensuality. He didn't think it would do much... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Story Time (or not)
I posted the first page of a story from my archive a few minutes ago. Science fiction thing about a giant cloud that envelopes the earth and turns all animal species – including humans – from male & female to androgynous. Then it occurred to me I’d already posted this story – couple years ago maybe.... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Tech, high, low and frustrating...
There's a little popup add-on that Microsoft wants to download when you look at certain posts on FB with photos in them - do you trust Microsoft to upgrade your 'puter? it asks. Well, okay. It only takes a click to get yourself an ongoing, irritating pissant of a problem. What this app or option or... Sign in to see full entry.