Word count 100 Odd remembrances haunt my lazy brain unbidden at odd times. Family legend has me nearly drowning after falling out of a boat when very young. The woman who is now great grandmother and widow that I made out with in my … Continue reading Untethered
Curmudgeon 2
Word count 1380 Let’s talk American politics. Party D: Everything is the fault of rich people. We’ll take away their money to buy your votes. Party R: Don’t be poor. After you get your first million, we’ll talk. The “I” (Bernie) senator knows how businesses … Continue reading Curmudgeon 2
The Lady And The Snake
Word Count 406 The erotic dream Jessie had at 2:36 AM was something new. A cross between a large man and a snake was spooning her before he started anal intercourse. Jessie responded actively and moaned. After five minutes, she began to come out of … Continue reading The Lady And The Snake
Curmudgeon
Word count 667 (666 without title) I’m past tense all the way to agitated. Past tense for “cast” is “cast” and yet I’ve seen “casted”. If a man is executed by rope, he is “hanged”. He may be physically hung and a picture may be … Continue reading Curmudgeon
Space Opera
Word Count 668 Space Opera Logdate LSMFT This is Captain James T. Pickard of the Starboat Entropy. I’m teaching starboat operations and culture to Ensign and captain in training Horace Green. Green: I have so many questions. I don’t understand why we are not crushed … Continue reading Space Opera
Legal
Word count 100 Legal January 18 Jack told his wife Jan that she had gained a few pounds. Why couldn’t she be skinny like her younger sister Jean? February 10 he stayed out until after 2AM, came home drunk and drove the car … Continue reading Legal
Newport
Word count 1,049 Meeting Kayoko changed my life. I am in my late twenties and had been through a few discouraging relationships at the time – the intriguing beauty that disappeared without explanation that I never heard from again, the one that I took for … Continue reading Newport
Berries
Word Count 100 An unpleasant task of my youth was picking raspberries in our backyard. Raspberries are the least tasty of Oregon’s big three, the others being blackberries and strawberries. Raspberries are also soft, easily squashed and have unpleasant texture. At times I imagined … Continue reading Berries
First
Word Count 700 “Welcome everyone to the first super meeting roundtable. Why don’t we go around the table and introduce ourselves by telling what your super power is? No need for names, since we all have placards. Good, I see that there is only one … Continue reading First
Some Who Wander
Word count 484 4/10/20xx I guess I’m getting old. Just called my wife by the cat’s name. Yeah, I make some mistakes, so what? We are all getting older, but Felicia, no Sheila, doesn’t have to make a big deal about it. She forgot the … Continue reading Some Who Wander
