Monthly Archives: March 2014
End of an Era
Fiction Friday 55 is no more. G-man, who hosted it for seven years, passed it along to a couple of fine ladies who promptly moved it to Tuesday. So I guess it is now Fiction Tuesday 55. Unluckily, that doesn’t work real well for me. I already have something going on Tuesdays, and would rather not quit it or double book. Besides, that leaves a hole in my schedule on Friday.
Keeping it All Bottled Up
Jill: I’m sorry about dumping my mother on you while we were on vacation. I know she can be hard to handle. If she gets to be too much, tell me. Please don’t feel like you have to keep it all inside. All right? Theodor: No, no. I got exactly what I wanted from her. Previously in Jack and Jill: Basking in Her Glroy The theme for this week’s Jack and Jill is ” bottle ” as suggested by The […]
55:A Visit to the Couch
. It begins with the twining of fingertips while talking across the breakfast table. A smile. A heated look. Suddenly the desire flares. A coffee cup gets overturned, puddles left forgotten. The floor’s too hard, table too unstable, don’t feel like b… It ends on the couch with a twining of fingers. It wouldn’t have happened without a twining of fingers. This 55 was inspired by Brian Miller. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a […]
T13: How to Live with a Hoarder.
Everyone in my family is hoarder. Every single one of us, including me. But enough is enough! When I can’t get through a room without bumping into something, I have to put my foot down. 1. Forgiveness. You’re going to have to forgive your hoarder for something just about every day. If it comes down to you or hoarding, you will probably be the one who has to go, even if your hoarder thinks otherwise. He or she does not […]
Suzie’s House 350 : Pillow Thoughts
Suzie lay in bed and stared at the ceiling. A car drove slowly past, casting light-shadows across the dark ceiling like ghosts flowing through a sea of doubt. Like her thoughts, they kept flickering before going out with the low hiss of tires on pavement.
The Serialists of March 26th
Featured Author: Ann Pino, who keeps dancing on the edge of disaster This is the hub for The Serialists, a meme for people who post original, serialized fiction on their blogs. If you have one or more posts you would like for us to read, please put the direct link(s) to the post(s) in the linky. Remember to visit one another and comment. We all want to hear from our readers.
Daylight Shavings Time
I actually like daylight savings time. Without it the sun would be rising around 5am in the middle of summer. But now is not that time. Because daylight savings time kicked in, we are once again getting up and leaving the house in the dark. I’m a night owl. I really, really hate getting up before the sun rises. I don’t mind getting up with it so much, but to have to leave in the dark is hard on me. […]
Basking in Her Glory
Jill: Is Theodor fanning you? Really? How’d you get him to do that? Tina: I’ve got him trained. Jack: Gah!!!! Run away! Previously in Jack and Jill: Lifted Lizards The theme for this week’s Jack and Jill is ” basking ” as suggested by Novroz Want to see what I can do with a word or phrase? Make a suggestion.
Old Tears
She was flipping through a photo album when she ran across the picture – her, crying. She remembered all the tears. Always, so many tears. But years later they were still married. They had their differences, but nothing important. And she couldn’t remember what all the tears had been for, only that they had to come before everything could be good. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction […]
T13: Kid Quotes
It’s been about a year since I’ve done this. Time to pass along some of the things my kids say. 1. The Boy: Some people don’t really get to living their lives where as me, I’ve been living all my life. 2. The Girl: I can’t be with people who don’t accept weird. Although to be completely honest, I don’t care to, so there isn’t a problem. 3. The Girl (to the cat running away): Come back endorphins! 4. The […]
Suzie’s House 349 : Catching Up Over Potato Salad
Drew couldn’t stop laughing. It felt so good to be here with Suzie and everyone else. He and the rest sat on the patio, “Seriously,” Vin said. “When you first walked into the kitchen I thought she’d deck you the same way she did Sean O’Connor. “Oh! Oh! I remember that!” Ben could hardly sit still. “She hit him with that really big cast iron pan. You know, the one that looks like something out of a cartoon. It was […]
The Serialists of March 19th
Featured Author: Sheilagh who has resumed a previous series. This is the hub for The Serialists, a meme for people who post original, serialized fiction on their blogs. If you have one or more posts you would like for us to read, please put the direct link(s) to the post(s) in the linky. Remember to visit one another and comment. We all want to hear from our readers.
Death of a Snowman
First blizzards, then rain, then sun…. a week later we get this. The last, bitter moments of life for a snowman. The neighbors who were sure we couldn’t have Spring by the end of the month must be surprised. We didn’t have all that much flooding from the snow melt. Of course, there’s still plenty of time for it as the water from the back country hasn’t yet made it’s way down to the valleys. When it does, those folks […]
