Today, write a poem including the following lines in any order: “I tie a ribbon in a foolish way” “The delicious fragility of this travesty” “Where we still laugh and wish” (Prompt courtesy of CreativeWritingPrompts) Go for it! And really, you’re all so good, I don’t want to hear any about…Continue Reading
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Weekending
The thing about burning your face off is…….that you’ve burned your face off. So, you’re not as likely to go in public and show your melting nose and chin to the neighborhood. (Although I WILL say around these SoCal parts, I’ve seen much worse.) As such, I stayed in my house all weekend, wearing old…Continue Reading
I Can Always Get a New Face, Right? (UPDATED)
Today I’m having my face burned off. I’ve often heard that when you’re 40, you must decide between your face or your ass. So I’ve decided to take the face out of the equation to give my ass a fighting chance. I’ll post the before picture this afternoon. p.s. Although I probably…Continue Reading
Character Sketch (Aka a Real Post is Coming Soon)
I did this one awhile ago… First, she introduced us to the man on her porch. Resembling an Orthodox Jew with his black hat, and beard — also black — he shuffled away in knee-high sports socks and Adidas gym shoes. Next, she welcomed us into her faded apartment. Two fat cats scurried out…Continue Reading
Moonglows and Fairy Drops
“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” –Eden Phillpotts ************************************************************************************* “Mommy, is Peter Pan real?” Toots asks me a question like that every day. And used to be, I floundered with my answer. Of course, I want to tell her “yes,” unequivocally, indubably, resoundingly…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #21: Tell Us A Story
He’d fallen asleep at the wheel. Must’ve been just a second or two, because his truck never strayed from its straight course. Then again, since he crossed into Wyoming’s Great Plains, he’d been going straight. He shrugged his shoulders, squinted at the road, and stuck his left ear out the window as far as it’d…Continue Reading
Carry On
My apologies. I’ve been out to lunch. I haven’t commented, twitted, read, socialized, met up, schemeezled or schemozled for days going on days. Can I just say? So. Much. Work. My fingers have been glued to this keyboard — and not in the good way — for weeks now. Thanks for still coming by…Continue Reading
The Tapas Post
I have an eccentric friend. You know the ones? They’re so delightfully weird, that you just could listen to them for hours. I haven’t talked to my friend for awhile now, we’ve been so busy, we live 150 miles from each other, and general life gets in the way. We spoke for the…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #20: Memory Description
Today marks back-to-school time, and when I was a kid, I loved this time of year. It’s why I adore autumn. All summer, I anticipated the week before school, when I’d hurry out to buy my school supplies, stick pennies in my loafers, and carefully cover my textbooks. But I was a geek. …Continue Reading
A Singular Sensation
In my other life, I was a Broadway star. And I’m pretty sure I loved it. Maybe I met my end when an overzealous Charleston kick took me off stage into the orchestra pit. Or perhaps an ill-mounted light fell on my head. Either way, I didn’t get off that stage willingly. In fact, I…Continue Reading
Here He Is
Yeah, I know. Obvious much? If the dismembered female didn’t tip me off to the crazy, the overalls should have done the trick. Plus, the eyes. Maniacal right? Man, looking at this picture now, I feel like the stupidest tool in the shed. Anyway, I don’t want to post his name. I’d…Continue Reading
It Never Quite Goes Away, Pt. 5
Part 1 Here. Part 2 Here. Part 3 Here. Part 4 Here. “A man and a woman, they asked me what happened, surveyed the destroyed door, and wrote on their pads of paper. There wasn’t any sympathy, which I didn’t expect, but found curious. I hoped that this latest incident would put my…Continue Reading
