Distracted
I’m a big reader – or at least I was. (See Book Slut, or Why I’m in Six Book Clubs) Actually a therapist once [...]
ADHD
I have always been able to pay attention for long periods of time, though checking my phone does cause something of a [...]
It Won’t Be Long
In this cartoon, all the jurors are looking at their phones. Is that how it started, these shorter and shorter attention spans?
Not a Goldfish
After I retired, I joined the board of the preschool I had founded as a community representative. We were planning our 25th [...]
Naval Funeral
My friends Tippy and Toppy had the fabled attention span of goldfish. Whenever I made eye contact with them, they’d meet [...]
Same Old, Same Old Attention Span
A man walks down the street He says, “Why am I short of attention? Got a short little span of attention And, [...]
New Stories on Old Prompts
Oh, Those Family Dinners
My mother prepared dinner every night for my dad, my brother and me. Meat, potatoes, Birds Eye frozen vegetables. Once in a [...]
Prompted By Mealtime
September 25, 2021
Polishing Off the Silver
I was the only niece of an only aunt who, I was given to understand, intended to gift me her gorgeous charm bracelet one day. [...]
Prompted By Aunts & Uncles
September 21, 2021
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