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Cedric Hershton, Science Associate Santa Fe Express (768 words, 4 minutes read time) What happens in our neighborhood can't be helped. I’m told that it's been an odd year for weather all over the world. Santa Fe, New Mexico, is no exception. It seems that every day, everywhere you go is plagued with drought in... Continue Reading →
Susan Cavanaugh (Whittaker) Political Editor, Santa Fe Express (361 words, 2 minutes read time.} Just Say Cheese (part one of two) I feel embarrassed for the state of the world these days. Not that the situation is my fault, but it is my responsibility. I count the many cameras on my route to work each... Continue Reading →
Afterall, she's much better at it. (443 words, 2 minutes read time.) Really, but I can understand why so many people manage stress differently, mostly because they are anxious or worried about any number of a thousand things that terrify us in this modern world. Some of them are serious matters, like losing a loved... Continue Reading →
(Gladguru's Everland Ashram in Santa Barbara, CA.) (255 words, 1 minute read time) >~~~ gladguru ~~~< God doesn’t bother with the small stuff anymore. Never really did. The guy that’s acting like he thinks he’s god, the fool with the fake injured ear, he can only really damage himself, and of course the world at... Continue Reading →
by Susie Cavenaugh (417 words, 2 minutes read time) Some say that size doesn't matter. I've met very few women who will agree with such nonsense. They will state that it is a misnomer, intended only to placate inadequate husbands, poorly proportioned boyfriends, and temporary playmates. Women know how little confidence most men have. That their... Continue Reading →
>~~ Brett ~~< (436 words, 2 minutes read time.) That's an easy one! I wasn't expecting to find Carmalita, my third (or was she my fourth?) wife on Royal Street in New Orleans. At my age, it's hard to keep track of them anymore, but I know there were seven. Three in my early years,... Continue Reading →
>~~~~~ WP prompt ~~~~~< (343 words, 1.5 minute read time.) There are many “bests” we could consider. I’ll narrow them down to two or three. All of the best advice is simple, but has been regrettably complicated by poets, philosophers, guru’s, religious zealots and lunatics. Folks that regurgitate the same simple basic deep truths and… Continue Reading →
You say you want a real solutionWell, you knowWe’d all love to see the plan (358 words, 2 minutes read time.) >~~~~~8647~~~~~< I don’t think it will take twenty years, but in the next ten years, we will have AI in a box. Once the billionaires, you know who they are, once they’ve spent their… Continue Reading →
"Imagine me and you. I do! I think about you every night. It's only right!" * (375/431 words, 2 minutes read time.) >~~~~~OOO~~~~~< We can sneak out, like really late, after dark, when there’s no school the next day, and then meet somewhere. Maybe at one of our secret places. The attic, or even better,... Continue Reading →
“Your eyes! it’s a day’s work, just looking into them…” * (320 words, 2 minutes read time.) >~~~~~X=X~~~~~< Another Monday. Wake up with hopes to dive back into the writing routine. 300 to 500 words a day, 15 to 20 hours per week. Not a big deal, right? Try to get to it by 10:00.... Continue Reading →
because everyone must at least know some of this by now. Please, read on… (275 words, 1 minute read time} As you must very well know by now, and realize deep within your heart, that no matter what we as people profess to believe, everything is truly and only about Whatever. In this case, Whatever… Continue Reading →
"Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay" * (169 words, 1 minute read time) She lived, but less well than she ever anticipated. Youthful hopes never seemed to prevail, not for her, but only and always so conveniently for others. It was his short tolerance... Continue Reading →
392 words, 2 minutes read time. I know how the world of recent has encouraged us all to become more goal-conscious than ever before. A person can barely board a bus or pay a toll without being asked what their goals are. Their short-term goals, their life goals. financial goals, you name it. And some... Continue Reading →
447 words, 2 minutes read time. There is little to entertain me during these five-hour rides from Delhi airport north to our farm outside of Jaipur. Whether we're coming or going, night or day, every trip is tedious, familiar, and seemingly perpetual. If not for the people we pass outside the windows, their faces, their... Continue Reading →
272 words, 1 minute read time A number of readers and some concerned subscribers have contacted torncorners through it's parent company, Tacklebarn Press, to inquire about my series "What May Be Found?" Have I abandoned it, or simply forgotten about the serial and my readers, as I'm prone to do? I have done this with... Continue Reading →
And what of time? Why allow it to remain? Time... Such a bother... You know, I try, but I will never catch those birds. They are always outside, and though I'm a cat, I'm an indoor cat. I will never manage to open the sliding glass door or break a window. I simply do not... Continue Reading →
(two-minute read) If we can not identify this type of bird as simply being one in the bush, then we must cross-reference it to some similar species, or at least find some way to relate it to a genome featuring related sequencing characteristics. Otherwise, we should universally call the bird Bill, short for a new... Continue Reading →
Filed under Quickies (a two-minute read) At first, people thought that paper money had no real value; not only did it have no bulk or substance, but it was also awkward and nearly silent to exchange. Bill developed the Billfold in which to store and carry paper money. This created methods and protocols, classic styles... Continue Reading →
~Susie Cavanaugh's Journal ~~< Oh, look! One of my very few Ai creations, from before I knew any better. 12-13-23 (676 words, 4 minutes read time.) NOTE- this is a fictional, free-form write. An uncalled-for RANT. Writing without doubling back, except to stomp on Spellcheck. It's rash and has no purpose or deep meaning. It's... Continue Reading →
1962- thirteen skips~~~~~>>> (section seven) <~~~~~~~~~~ EPILOGUE ~~~~~~~~~~> The next morning was Saturday. Mom let us sleep late on Saturday, but it was usually her who would actually sleep until nine. We had cartoons to watch, and Saturday morning was when the best ones were on. It was also the only day Mom let us… Continue Reading →
Please note: some things mentioned may be sad. "Things were going along just fine." I would guess almost anyone might say the same, or at least something very similar. We all tend to navigate, make decisions, and cast judgments using our own terms of common sense. At least, we try to do so most of... Continue Reading →
Had we more space than now, maybe a small room, or a tiny apartment where we might share our love. Just the two of us. Somewhere near water. Maybe a well from which we could draw to drink, and sometimes bathe, perhaps wash our feet, even clean our clothes. Always to be used with care,... Continue Reading →
You don't need me anymore! People should know to leave me alone. Not only am I wanted, dangerous, and awe-inspiring, I don't really care for the throngs of people who crowd around me everywhere I go. I'm tired of paying for security to be around anytime I must leave home or my car. Yes, I'm... Continue Reading →
Photo by Simon Berger on Pexels.com(1,310 words, 7 minutes read time) a bit of a rant. maybe... <~~ALSO POSTED SEPERATELY IN "SERIALS" AS A FIVE PART SERIES~~> I'm never really sure how these things get started. Often, I don't even know where they began. I only know that frequently, material, time, and effort suddenly disappear... Continue Reading →
I was holding back at our farm in Jaipur because of the monsoons, which was okay. It gave me time for, among other things, closing the books on the summer wheat crop. I had also just finished preparations to export three full shipping containers of garments, borrowed jewelry, and concealed gold jewelry back to the... Continue Reading →