A while back I decided it would be good fun to write a series of shorts based on my exploits … More
Tag: Humor
It’s Never too Late to Taco
This piece was crafted for the 100 Word Story Photo Prompt below. Let me know if I got some giggles … More
Grocery Store Diary #2
I realized that strange things happen in grocery stores and that these silly stories might well bring joy to others, … More
Fairytale Love
A dear friend of mine, Christina Howell, published a creative nonfiction article recently entitled True Love, Fairy Tales, and George … More
Grocery Store Diary #1
I realized that strange things happen in grocery stores and that these silly stories might well bring joy to others, … More
Defective
Turnas I blink my eyes twice.Or at least when I tugon your chord,stop rattling and gyratingabove me.
I Grew up in a Rookery
Ingrid is the host for Poetics at the d’Verse Poet’s Pub. She asks us to take inspiration from birds of … More
I Flew Down Under
The Plunge
“It’s lopsided.” “Better?” I shift the shield over Brenda’s eyes. Adjust her metal cave. Clank on the side a few … More
Story Time Sunday #51
Today’s story is a bit of flash fiction inspired by this photo from April 21st of Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon … More
Pre-Dawn Motherhood
Every spring,my son’s syncopated sneezes,water the green duvet covers,his cough, a predawn chorus,followed by a birth bath laughbut whether he … More
This Poem Is Not Concrete
This poem is not concrete. It’s not set in stone nor cement. It’s sedentary. Neither resilient nor reliable, stable nor … More
NaPoWriMo#22~Font Size Matters
NaPoWriMo #20 Monsieur Gruyère
Mind my agewhen you shave my rind;I’ve been ripening the perfect time.
Silver Stallion to the Rescue
This is a bit of brevity penned for Fandango’s Story Starter #43 I would have happily married Darlene if it … More
NaPoWriMo#14 Fairwell to Infancy
May come as a shock!It might surprise the lotthat I’ve no interestin the everyday tot.
NaPoWriMo#13 Skewered Salmon
Today’s NaPoWriMo task was to create a bit of a pep talk in the form of a poem. I realize … More
NaPoWriMo#8 Katie Hartley
NaPoWriMo #7 Blame it on the Bunny
Lovers hump each other’s carrot legsbehind the neighborhood trashcanshowling at an Easter egg moon.
Story Time Sunday #48
Dear Readers, It appears my mind has been traveling outer space this past week, perhaps in search of an escape … More
Story Time Sunday #46
Dear Readers, Today’s micro-fiction was written in response to the photo below, and well, with a strict word count, which … More
My Old Manchego
Eight years together and the only true rumor I can spread about the man is that he has a Manchego … More
Wild Ways
Of course, there was a time you didn’t always get your way. Back there when my heart was not so … More
The Duke of Diction
Oh, Thesaurus,may your name be sungin the great halls of every library. May you never be confusedwith paltry Theseus who … More
Story Time Sunday #41
“Southerners don’t do well on just dry land,” Daddy said, while Mommy fanned herself faster and faster, but it made no difference, her Sunday makeup continued to melt. August heat was a wildfire.