The four men sat looking out at the sea, all trying to think of something to say. They had just met three days earlier. One of them wondered how their wives could expect them to carry on a conversation when they knew nothing about each other? It seemed utterly impossible. Finally, Jack said, "How do... Continue Reading →
Angela's favorite hat flew off her head in the wind and right up into the tree found in the courtyard of her home. She knew it was folly trying to rescue the hat, but it was one of her treasures. Unfortunately, there were flowers just below the the tree that have an attractancy for bees,... Continue Reading →
Jonathan and Mary hugged as they reached the top of the mountain. It had been a hard climb, but they had made it, each encouraging the other when one or both became tired or disillusioned of ever succeeding. As he looked out over the valley below, he realized that their new marriage would be the... Continue Reading →
Captain Argyle knew that the spaceship and its crew were in trouble the minute he heard the urgency of the buzzing coming from his console. They were out of fuel on planet Earth. This was not an auspicious ending to his mission that found that while there were some intelligent beings on earth, nothing was... Continue Reading →
Shine, Morning glory! Let your beauty be displayed. Feed my hungry soul! Written for Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille by Mindlovemisery's Menagerie: Morning Glory.
"But can she cook?" That is the question Jack's mother, Laura, asked regarding his new fiancé, Kathleen. It did not impress Laura that Kathleen was about to become a doctor, or that she had told her over the phone to always use sunblock when out in the garden. What mattered to Laura was that her... Continue Reading →
She looked at the bed, aware that with company about to start arriving, she should make it up. But, his outline and his smell are still there. In her grief, she wasn't ready to erase him. He had lovingly called their bed the Memory-Maker. Oh, what a sweet life they had shared! (277 characters) Written... Continue Reading →
There seems to be a light instilled in me Meant to show other people the way To believe in their value and their worth, And to find joy in living each day. It's as if Someone has plugged me in, I can feel the current of urgency To write words that motivate and inspire, As... Continue Reading →
I decided today to learn how to drive a car with a manual transmission. When we travel abroad, only Douglas can drive. Every car we have rented in Portugal and Spain had a manual transmission. This means that even thought the reservations is in my name, Douglas is the only one who can drive the... Continue Reading →
1. What in your opinion is the point of life? I believe that we come into the world to add something needed that no one else can provide. So, the point of life is to use your talents, skills, time, finances, and, most of all your capacity to love, to be a help to someone,... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 