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 →
~ Reyn responds to Patreon gripes
(403 words, 2 minutes read time} >~~ Reyn ~~< (Santa Fe)~ A couple of weeks back I received gripes from a few disgruntled Patreon subscribers. These troubled souls, rich beyond belief, are obsessed with me simply because I'm eternal. It’s true, I do have a great publicist. Nine of these Nouveau stooges bothered to use... Continue Reading →
~ unrequited joy
~~> Bill Whittaker (2025) <~~ (316 words. 2-minute read) PERSONAL JOURNAL. 12-13-25 Honestly, I did make some minor changes to a few clauses on that last preface draft, but only because I failed to make that midnight deadline. >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~< Oh, wait… What was the prompt again? Something about… Oh, yeah! First day of doing someone…. Continue Reading →
~ Whoop it up!
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 →
~In our dreams…
... our wetish sci-fi dreams... (275 words, 1 minute read time.) Had you asked me when I was ten and building model rockets that shot to the sky, some in stages that glided home or landed gently in trees after drifting softly down tethered to parachutes that popped from their nose cones at apogee. I... Continue Reading →
~ Spring Break #11
Always, no sometimes, think it's me. But you know I know when it's a dream.* (414 words, 2 minutes read time.) >~~~~~ 11 ~~~~~< It was growing late. The Snowbirds had left before midnight, having decided to run to Camping World in Barstow and have that awning installed before the weekend. The Cowboys had also... Continue Reading →
~ Spring Break #10
“Nowhere man, don't worry. Take your time, don't hurry. Leave it all 'til somebody else lends you a hand...* 407 words, 2 minutes read time. "Hennessey, neat," said Dr. Hapless. He sounded tired. He was tired. He’d just spent most of a twelve-hour shift trying to revive a comatose clergyman. Mel turned and poured the... Continue Reading →
~ Spring Break #8
"Please, don't wake me. No, don't shake me. Leave me where I am... * 465 words, 2 minutes read time. Last edited 2 minutes ago.I became ever more aware that I wasn't thinking, remembering, or experiencing anything as I should. All around me became less focused, even fuzzier than just moments ago. Completing personal thoughts... Continue Reading →
~ between destinations ~
432 words, 2 minutes read time. World travelers know Jaipur, the Pink City of India, as the jewel of Rajasthan. My wife and I are blessed to own a farm on the outskirts of this picturesque, "world destination city". We are fortunate to escape the city's summer heat and the monsoon seasons by skipping across... Continue Reading →
No work at all
963 words, 5 minutes read time. I was interviewing for a copywriting position at WorkStress, a minor distributor for retail book giant Barnes & Noble, when this HR interrogation guy asked me, right out of the blue, right at the last minute, what had been my favorite subject in school? I thought the interview was... Continue Reading →