Image Credit: Bernhard @ Unsplash You acted like a junior in high school, Screaming at the top of your lungs. After years of useless arguments and snits, It's taken a lot for me to say I'm done. I tried to overlook your immaturity, Praying that one day you'd get sober. It's time I put my... Continue Reading →
Amsterdam, May 2023 As Carole sat and waited for the restaurant to open, she remembered her dream of one day owning her own restaurant. But cancer intervened just when she had the occasion thirteen years ago, and all of her money went into medical bills to stay alive. She hadn't thought much about the dream... Continue Reading →
The Rodin Museum, Paris, May, 2023 The quarrel over who would do which chores had gone on for nearly two days! Nick and Sharon wondered if the marriage had been a mistake. They disagreed on who would clean the toilet, change the newspaper in the cat's litter box, and clean up the confetti in the... Continue Reading →
I’m sorry, detective,” the officer said, “but none of the fingerprints found at the crime scene matched those of our primary suspect.” Detective Inspector Haines knew she had the right suspect, but how could she prove the rascal guilty? Everything in her experience pointed to the victim's wife as the perpetrator! She was smart! Di... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Jon Tyson @UNsplash You lived all nine lives, you wonderful old tomcat, And to see you memorialized is great fun. You'd take on any cat or dog who dared you, Leaving them hurt when the fight was done. The volume of the noise when you fought Let everyone know that you were for... Continue Reading →
Photo Challenge from Mindlovemisery's Mengaerie George and Susan walked to the bar where they could always find a kind word from someone. Their friend, Harry, established the Bird Haven, especially for people who know how to see the humanity of others and who don't think that being nice demonstrates weakness or frailty of heart. The... Continue Reading →
“There’s no cure for a beast like me,” Victor said, a sardonic smile on his face. He stood there looking at himself in the mirror, pride and arrogance emanating from every pore. He straightened an imagined wrinkle in his left trouser leg and laughed at the fiery red-haired woman who thought that love would transform... Continue Reading →
Bailey lay in the sand, suffering the doldrums because of the craziness of the humans arguing politics at the beach around him. He couldn't understand how they could be so angry in the bucolic setting of mountains, lots of trees, warm sand, and the ocean. What is it with these guys? Can't they just relax... Continue Reading →
Members of the writing group sit around the Formica table, looking at the crimson-colored flowers in the wallpaper, trying to reseed the soil of their imaginations. Communication is their product, and all are winners of writing awards. Abstract literature links them in an elemental way, for their thinking is dissimilar to others who in all... Continue Reading →
Caroline is a hostage to the opinions of others. It gives her grief when she gathers with friends and strangers alike. She would like to scale the heights of success that others have achieved, but she can't speak words like some of her friends. She is short and squat, not long and tall, so she... Continue Reading →
Help from Heaven 