Daily Prompt: Call Him Mister Fix-It
So the day started out as–and continued to be–one I’d like a big do-over on. Thus the lateness of the post. I almost didn’t respond to it at all, but the pixies at the Daily Post wanted me to...
View ArticleInspiration Monday 27 January 2014 Meets the Daily Prompt: Never Send a Man...
“You’ve got yourself a digital ghost,” the boy said as he mashed buttons and swiped his finger across screens. The man looked at him quizzically. “Well, fiddlesticks. Can you fix it?” “O’course I can....
View ArticleDaily Prompt: Impromptu Hero
The flashbulbs were a bit too much for Alfred Bimsley, whose mild-mannered vacation had been interrupted by the arrival of a message. He cleared his throat and the microphones were thrust even closer....
View ArticleDaily Prompt: The Smoke and the Furor
It was just a thing. I wanted to try a cigarette, having seen cool people in cool movies looking cool with them. As a teen I tried and it became a thing. And then I was going to be a…Read more ›
View ArticleDaily Prompt: Three Deaf Mice
Charles slammed his empty mug onto the bar. “What is that quarterback doing?!” His bar-mate, who, had Charles asked, would have said that his name was Sam, spilled his beer on the bar. “Whoo hoo! My...
View ArticleDaily Prompt: Our House
The street is like so many others in the labyrinthine cemented paths of suburbia; the sun beats down on roofs that cover rooms that wait expectantly for their inhabitants, while yips and yells echo...
View ArticleGet Off Your Computer Now; It’s Important!
Right now you’re wondering how in the world I can be so pushy; you’re probably thinking, Just who does she think she is anyway? Telling me to get off my computer; she hasn’t even properly blogged in a...
View ArticleHeartbreak
I read this post from The Matticus Kingdom the other day and it is just now that I have been able to get to the Cave to post my heartbreak. Life in the Cave has been trying for the last…Read more ›
View ArticleToday’s Memorial Service
I received the best Mother’s Day gift this year that any mom worth her salt could imagine. Wanna know what? Bet you can’t guess, so I won’t keep you in suspense. A brand-new driver’s side windshield...
View Article#RawrLove Happening Now
A few days ago, our friendly neighborhood Monster shared about the last ‘in’ letter she got from Rara. If you remember, I shared myself about one of our fellow writers, bloggers, and powerful women,...
View ArticleBeing Human? Not What It’s Chalked Up to Be …
It’s Halloween, a day when all monsters are free to roam the streets, unafraid. They can blend in with the costumed children, youth, and adults, who think this one day of the year opens the gates to...
View ArticleNovember 9: Five Minute Winter
My friend, colleague, and fellow Southern Californian, Dr. Mark Scanlon-Greene, posted a photo about winter here. The image offered just the person’s feet, in white socks and flip-flops. I commented...
View ArticleOn Mr. David Bowie
Dim the lights, for glam has lost the luster of its glitter. Ground Control, mute the mic, for Major Tom is presently out of range.
View ArticleNano Ploblano, the Extra Edition: The Alien Hour, Part One
Briton and I leaned close so the other patrons, some of whom…
View ArticlePlovember Extra, Day Two! The Alien Hour, Part Two!
We left yesterday’s Alien Hour at a cliffhanger moment … click the…
View ArticleEminem Was Mine: A Requiem
I love the word ‘requiem’. It is solemn and connotes serious things.…
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