Sep 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
—From CB— I had been uprooting weeds from the far reaches of our half-acre. Yesterday, after reporting to my wife my nasty encounter with brambles, which I did survive, I mentioned my discovery of turds. “Some creature is leaving its turds,” I said. “Maybe the coons...
Aug 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
—From EF— Our two cats are brother littermates, but about the only thing they have in common is both have four feet and a tail. Garfy (Garfunkel) is a solid, nearly-portly shorthair with a great fondness for naps. Shadow is a speedy longhair with a magnificent tail...
Aug 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
—From CB— A Facebook post brought forth comments about the achievements or absurdities of the Sixties. I wrote this in response (with a few edits and additions): True in part, everything that’s said, as is true for any blanket judgment on any span in history,...
Aug 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
—From EF— On the way home from the ocean, we got into an interchange that wasn’t so much a disagreement as an experiment in again having a conversation where we don’t subscribe to the same beliefs. Usually I go a certain distance into these and then roll...
Aug 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
—FROM CB— I write. It’s pointless, I know. I’d surely be serving a higher purpose by breeding goats or juggling live gerbils. But I get up in the morning and write. I guess if you start it in high school, you’re stuck. I remember writing a poem and feeling despair...
Aug 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
—From EF— Conrad and I have a routine of watching a movie at home every Friday and Saturday. We have a modestly-large Roku screen and a membership in Criterion, so the options are opulent. Sometimes I pick a film, but usually I’m lazy and leave it to him....
Jul 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
—From CB— For this week’s blog, I decided to post a story from my chapbook of flash fiction, FLASHES & FLOATERS: 14 FICTIONS. It’s only 649 words long. The chapbook is available at www.DamnedFool.com. BIRDS FALLING We had just come back from vacation, I, my wife...
Jul 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
—From EF— I just finished a job I’ve been putting off for way too long. I get like that with some tasks. It may be big and complicated or a runty little thing, like this one was, but if it falls into the deeply-nuts part of my mind it becomes (a) toxic and (b)...
Jul 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
—From CB— For the past week, I’ve been flat on my back. Symptoms: occasional mild chills, medium fever, major fatigue. We’ve been regularly testing for Covid, entirely negative. Looking up symptoms of regular flu, it’s some matches, some not. I can say only one thing:...
Jul 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
—From CB— A friend replied to a FB post that I was perpetually critical of others’ comments on issues without venturing to post my own ideas. That’s probably true. As for example: In regard to the current Supreme Court, I feel that proposals to impeach several...
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