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Stray Hairs
Hard to believe that almost a year has gone by.
A year ago I was at an auction, looking for a saddle, dreaming of spring training and summer trail rides. I was dreaming of adventures with you. I was in love, and the whole world could see it.
I still have the picture of you sitting dead center above my computer monitor, and every day I look up and I ( Read more... ) -
Sweet bacon-snorting Baby Jesus
There appear to be some folks on my friends list that think I'm vegetarian or vegan. I am not - I eat meat with gusto, love bacon, and want to someday raise/process my own meat animals. I love animals and respect their unique intelligences, and I believe food animals should be raised and killed as humanely as possible to accomplish the intended ( Read more... ) -
Story snippet
“Oh honey,” trilled the bottle-blond sales clerk, in her most money-hungry purr, “You’ve just gotta try this.”
The smile on her lips was as fake as her Jack O’Lantern tan. The gold nametag on her chest said Debbie- and like any other person who has spent a Christmas in retail, her eyes were filled with poison.
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Just for a moment, something without the D-word
Just for a moment, I'd like to take the opportunity to promote a wonderful blog, Swampholler.
The woman who writes this blog is my much-beloved music teacher, a very good friend, and someone who has literally helped me reimagine my life and what I want it to be. I owe her so much and love her dearly.
She is the only person that has ever made me ( Read more... ) -
Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go to bed...
Sunday afternoon at Furfright! I'm tired, I'm sore, but feeling pretty good and want to get my "con report" out of the way before ( Read more... ) -
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Are the heavens so unreachable ( Read more... ) -
Busy-Ness
Today I am enjoying some well-earned rest after a crazy, busy week.
To elaborate on my last post, my short story The Nightly Feed got selected to be in the convention book for Furfright, the Halloween-themed convention in Connecticut. Its not a paying venue other than a "thanks for contributing" prize, but it's definitely an honor and a start for my ( Read more... ) -
Decade 2, Year 8
One of my many weird little habits is doing simple math problems when I’m bored ( Read more... ) -
The Flowers Unbloomed
Written about a week ago for someone I've been thinking about a lot. I hope you know who you are.
The Flowers Unbloomed
Above all the flowers unbloomed
The rainclouds hang low overhead
The night seems so cold, and we're chilled to the bone
By the words that have been left unsaid
There's a hole in the night
That's filled with your fears
And the oceans aren' ( Read more... ) -
Earthquake MilkShake Easybake Giant Snake
...and a couple other words ending in -ake.
I felt the quake today at my work, but it was nowhere near the magnitude experienced in Virginia. Basically it was 20 seconds of feeling woozy and then people loudly wondering "...the HELL was that?" They did a canvass of the building and determined nothing was amiss, so aside from excited chattering and ( Read more... )