Suprise Me

(Note; this was first written for the prompt BOREDOM on July 27, 2019. I have made a few, minor changes). I get lost in my thoughts, day dream, or fantasize; no time to be bored. My mind wanders back to a happy time that I want to re-live and cement in my memory. I will… Read More

I eat my peas with honey, I've done it all my life. It makes the peas taste funny, But it keeps them on my knife. --Gelett Burgess Read More

The case of wine slid across the carpet and the bottles fell out. With a crash, one broke. Read More

But for a long time, being an oblivious sort of person, I, um, sort of forgot about it. Read More

When John F. Kennedy was assassinated, the news media became a national unifier. Would the same be true today? Read More

But the pandemic has exposed and eroded me, along with the world I live in.  Read More

We were aware that it was bound to happen someday, but it sneaked up on us unexpectedly. Read More

Thanks to a program that no longer exists, I was able to attend the local college while still a senior in high school. After filling out the necessary paperwork and expressing my urgent need to study Italian—a class not offered at my school—I was approved to begin classes on campus in the fall of 1968.… Read More

I loved live theater (and still do!).  I saw my first Broadway show at the age of 5 and was smitten.  I imagined that someday I would sing, dance and act my way to stardom.   Read More

Scammed! I thought I was pretty smart but the scammers out there are even smarter! A few years ago I got a call telling me my Verizon bill was overdue and my cell phone service would soon be discontinued. I thought I’d paid that bill and could easily have checked,  or  I could have hung up… Read More