A Wonderful Life
Thanks for sending me the 4th reissued card for my wife and I. It’s great that you are so security aware wanting to keep me safe… but what’s this?
Tag: Quick Story
Saying goodbye before I have to.
When you own a pet, you know that at some point you will have to say goodbye to them. For most pets, humans have longer lifespans and we spend our lives loving them as they love us. But I should start at the beginning. 8 years ago I lost my best friend, the dog that kept […]
“I didn’t get this way by not eating”
(Yet another in my under 750 word Short story challenge pieces. This concludes the Dusty Rhodes Submissions. ) Artie looked at his doctor in amazement. “Your blood pressure is amazing. When I took your blood it was like sludge,” Dr. Hargrove said. “I’m a perfect specimen of health,” Artie said with a smile. “If you […]
“It’ll feel better when it stops hurting…”
(More writing inspired by quotes my friends send me. This one is inspired by my good friend Dusty Rhodes who told me the story of a guy who broke his ankle sliding into second base at a softball game. I thought, let’s take it a bit darker. Today the mob makes a visit to a […]
“I’m gonna hand the homeless guy a dollar and tell him to buy himself a vowel.”
The board table was filled with some of the tops in the community, “No-hair Harry”, “Windshield Wally”, and of course “BP Bob”. It was the monthly meeting held under the freeway in the part of town where no one drove. You got off on the access road at your own risk and the junkies and […]