Category: fiction
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The Oscar Party
I was caught off guard (totally unprepared!) when Ned plucked me out of bed one morning and forced me to go on a ‘surprise’ vacation. We flew to the west coast and spent the first few days lounging in the sand… staring at the Ocean. We shucked Oysters while we were there, saw an Octopus,…
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Extra! Extra!
Read all about it! Miss Abernathy had always been near and dear to us before she started that damn Newsletter of hers. She called it… “Nan’s Neighborhood News.” At first, we all thought it was sweet. Nancy would write about things like who won the three-legged race at the fair, what was on sale at…
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An Elf’s Story
“What are you doing?” Willow’s mother asked. “You’re supposed to be helping the mortals!” Willow sighed. “Why do the dark elves get to have all the fun?!” She cried. “All I do is work, work, work, and the mortals are never satisfied. I’ll never be good enough.” Aurora worried about her daughter, but she remembered…
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The ‘Dog’ in Doggerel
I felt sorry for poor old Detective Dan,Who Deduced that the perp was Miss Daisy.There were reasons for his suspicion,But the townspeople said he was crazy. Dan was sure that Miss Daisy had been there,He found her scarf at the scene of the crime.It was on the floor, near the body,Soaked in blood, and covered…
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A Cockamamie Story
I once saw a Clowder of Cats,Some, wearing cool Cowboy hats.They had all gotten loose,From the big red Caboose,That sold them to get rid of rats. I saw the list of “C words” this afternoon and I couldn’t resist. I tried to get fancy and make the image like folk art, since cats are popular…
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“Well Hello Officer”…
A Boomer Tale. -DeeDee and the Speeding Ticket Verbal Warning- Listen honey. If anyone tries to tell you that you can’t be sexy in your sixties… tell them to go… well… you know. I’m 64 now, and you know what? I just sweet talked my way out of a speeding ticket. That’s right baby. DeeDee’s…
a sprinkle of faith 