Todays Words: music, corn, postman

Tommy hung over the fence waiting for the mailman. From inside he could hear his sister playing that new music Miss Becky had given her. To him it sounded like two dogs chasing a cat. Across the road the Wilsons were harvesting their corn. “Hi Anthony!” he waved when the boy came into view. But [...]

11/18/09: Arabic, flamethrower,Thanksgiving

It was Thanksgiving again. His Mom would be pulling the turkey from the oven – his wife and son would be smiling across from his brother. His brother would be smiling back. The smells would be mingling everywhere – and Becky would be bouncing around like a mutant – teleporting dishes in with a cheery [...]

Todays Words: pregnant, fashion, travel

There were no words to explain traveling comfort. There were no fashions to meet the needs. It was pregnant clothing period. No fashion, no comfort. Elastic. Who’d come up with elastic? It was scratchy and left worm like crawl marks on your skin. It stuck – and sometimes left little white crumbles. Ug! Jamie took [...]

Todays Words: tuna, chocolate, full

He trudged over to the fence and sat down. It had been a day and a half now. Why hadn’t he listed to his father? He’d told him the gas tank meter was broken. After all logic stated it couldn’t have been full all week. Not after all the places he’d been. Again his father [...]

11/15/09: chihuahua, wired, Tucker

“So if he like runs away or something I can just press this and it will like give me the GPS location on my cell phone?” “Yes maam. Your dog is now wired!” The man with the “Tucker” name tag handed her chihuahua back across the counter. “Great. Well, thanks a lot. Don’t know when my [...]

11/14/09: cord, files, Terry

It was the cord again. Terry screwed his face into exhasperation. Already this morning he’d ran into Cheri coming out of the break room. He’d gotten her straight from the file room and her files had gone everywhere. Not just everywhere but splattered with his coffee. The files, her, him, the walls. . . It was [...]

11/13/09: banging, tower, Joshua

  Joshua flipped the page – and closed the door with his foot. He was glad he’d ordered the pizza. It was the banging of the arrival that had woken him – otherwise he might have slept right through the night. Then in the morning Proffessor Gayling  would have stopped at his desk and. . .UG! [...]

Todays Words: sick, dizzy, throwup (for you Jay!)

It was supposed to be a good night. Her favorite team playing, the promised rain postponed, and at halftime I’d propose. But I was having vertigo. I knew I shouldnt have eated the hotdog Greg had given me earlier for lunch. “No, comeone take it. You’re hungry and I have this extra one and – [...]

Todays Words: cupcake, earphones, Rock

  Stacie glanced at the boy again. All she’d wanted to do was come here, get some tea and a cupcake, and study. That wasnt too much to ask. Then this guy had come in. This little punk kid with his big earphones listening to Rock as loud as he probably could. It was like [...]

Todays Words: knife, mouse, wheat

The little mouse nibbled at the wheat in his hand. Justin slowly and carefully stroked its back. He loved coming out to the barn and spending time with the mice. They were so fragile and small – so delicate and beautiful. After the mouse was done it flicked its ears – scrubbed its face and [...]