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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 →
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 →
(303 words, 2 minutes read time) 12-13-1986 (transcribed from my old diary) I begin this totally fictional, free-form journal on my sixteenth birthday. Consider it my personal, uncalled for, rant on the world. Papa suggested it. It’s an alternative to the trap of poetry. Here, I will write without doubling back, proofreading, or second guessing... Continue Reading →
Well you can penetrate any place you go.Yes, you can penetrate any place you go.I told you so.All I want is you.Ev’rything has got to be just like you want it to, because… (526 words, 3 minutes read time) >~~~~~19~~~~~< “Can I come in and sleep with you?” “Sure hon. Let me get you a… Continue Reading →
"Now it's past my bed I knowAnd I'd really like to goSoon it will be the break of daySitting here in Blue Jay Way" * (390 words, 2 minutes read time.) >>~~~~~18~~~~~<< They left Gigi at the table, lost in a dream, travelling somewhere between worn, and passed out. Seeing her there, head nested sweetly... Continue Reading →
Keeping an eye on the world going by my window,Taking my time, lying there and staring at the ceiling,Waiting for a sleepy feeling.Please don't spoil my day, I'm miles away,And after all, I'm only sleeping.* (562 words, 3 minutes read time.) >>~~~~~17~~~~~< Gigi yawned and said, “So, Mel…” she covered her mouth with the back... 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 →
I say, “High”, You say, “Low,” You say, “Why?” And I say, “I don’t know.” Oh, no! * (620 words, 3 minutes read time.) >~~~~~ 12 ~~~~~< "Now, wait just a damn minute!" Suzy blurted. "Who's dead? And who the hell is William, uh, er, what was it? Wintigan? And just exactly who the hell... Continue Reading →
“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 →
-1962-thirteen skips. We were playing alongside the monoliths of Stonehenge when I picked up this rock. I thought it was a trilobite. It wasn’t. It was just a flat rock. I knocked off the muddy crud that covered it and saw it to be a perfect skipping stone, so I sent it sailing across the… 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 going to pitch readers with a long tale of how difficult the search for this the song. Of how many six-digit secret codes I faultered and failed to remember before I could fix passwords and open this or that app.
We won't apologize! This post has been removed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. We are not compelled to reason. Our department, in accordance with this administration's policies, does not endorse reason. Damn you! Bastards, go away and die! Robert F. Kaneddy Junior As commanded by executive order from the Resulute... Continue Reading →
Yes, a hobo. I've always aspired to be a hobo. Even now, after twenty years of serving the Humanities Department as Professor Emeritus of Psychological and Psycic Abominations at Pacific Tech, Malibu, I have never lost my desire to ride the rails and pitch for coin. Sadly, when retirement dawned, that opportunity nearly dissolved on... Continue Reading →
Was today typical? Which day? Or which moment of any day can be considered typical? If you live your life consumed by the present, then your presence is consumed in the now. Consider that 'within the now' no time exists! No time to spend, no time to waste, no time at all! Without the burden... Continue Reading →