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Missing Again
Twelve shatterproof ornaments. That’s what the clear plastic box said. I found eleven on the tree after Christmas. It’s an artificial tree. Not too many hidey places for an inanimate sparkly plastic ball on a string. And yet, I gave up and moved on to try and find the eight “feather angels”. There were only…
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“I Want You to Write a Theme”
This is a line from the movie “A Christmas Story”. Have you seen it? Maybe a few weeks ago. I don’t think I was ever assigned to write a theme. It seems back in the fifties there was such a thing as being assigned a ‘theme’. Tuck that away for a minute. Fiction writers are…
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The Nose Knows
Petie was king of the junk yard. He and five other dogs but he had the best nose. He could tune out gasoline, rotting seat cushions, the stagnant pools of rusting parts. He trotted through the passage between cars. New arrivals meant interesting finds and he could smell one as he lifted his nose to…
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A Crack in the Earth and Other Dilemmas
Have you ever had a really wild dream? I have apocalyptic dreams often enough to expect them. Dreams that I am in a burning building, with flames sweeping across the town. Dreams where space ships are landing and I’m running for cover. Sometimes the setting is peaceful, at least for a little while; hiking into…
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Do We Have to Have Christmas?
Did I get your attention with that title? Seriously, who would ever ask that question when Christmas time is the ‘most wonderful time of the year’? It is. In theory. What other time of year does the appearance of almost everything (talking United States)change; houses have colorful lights and huge characters inflated in their yards,…
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A Question of Beauty
A 100 Word Story He asked the sage, “If you take something beautiful and put it with something ugly, which is lessened?” Her reply, “Which is the ugly? The rusted, broken engine or the spindly, weedy flowers? The spider’s web that fills the interior or the captive fly that fights for its life? The hedge…
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