A note about the story: "Special Needs."
A. It was fiction, based on some people I know. 2. The guy and his wife stayed together to care for their special needs son. Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Sunny aftermath of a spring storm.
I wrote a blog an hour ago, and then went back to read it. It depressed me so I had to delete the whole thing - I talked about things I can't say to family, observations best kept to myself. We had wind and thunder last night, hard rain and lightning. At daylight I found my chairs tossed all over... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Special Needs - a short short story
When he stopped by the counter in the library’s used bookshop, we talked awhile, caught up. Then, as he began edging toward the exit I forced him to pay attention just one minute longer. “Do you still love me?” It was a trick question, because he’d never said he did. I raised one eyebrow, grinned to... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
"Facebook is stupid," says Crabby Appleton
Some days it gives me a pain in the arse to look at all the rehashed share stuff people post because they want to put their (someone else's) 2Cents in. "Like" if you honor the troops, ignore if you're a jerk. Like if you love your mother. etc., etc. I want to see what they're thinking. Their... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Skipping the Goshen Market today...
Although it is a pleasant cool morning and the sun's out. The birds made short work of the five pounds of seed I put in the feeder yesterday - down to the spill on the ground. Somehow while I had my head turned the grape vine sent out runners three feet long and I need to prune them back. Grape... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Going to Portland
Today I sent my baby brother a happy birthday email, he turns 73 today. In the email I wrote of how I first met him, bundled in a blue receiving blanket while I sat way back from the edge of mom's big bed on that old patchwork quilt that went everywhere with us. How adorable he was, snuggled in my... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Falling Through the Cracks
You hear the expression 'fell through the cracks' sometimes when something hits the fan. A dad jumps out of the car, walks ten feet to the ATM, inserts his card and a passerby jacks the car with a two-year-old asleep in the back seat. Fortunately the carjacker's basically human, abandons the car in... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
What do you know and when did you know it.
I had written something for a class, we were supposed to build a character unlike ourselves, so I picked that of a black kid from an urban housing project. Apparently my tough, paranoid kid had enough 'truthiness' to make the prof ask me how I knew what street kids think. "Simple," I said. "I wasn't... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
I want candy!
So, yesterday, dentist-day, we talked over the plan - it takes planning when you're having partials made. We decided which type to build, which worked most efficiently and required the least follow-up, which were more easily tolerated... The choices were the pink plastic (he called it something... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Brotherly Love
The Castro brothers whose horrible mug shots made them look like lunatics showed up on Channel 4's six A.M. news, quite handsome in suits and ties, denying all knowledge of their brother's perfidy. We had no idea he would even think of doing such a thing, one brother said, and if I'd known, I'd have... Sign in to see full entry.