Semi-Daily Scribbles

Components

Tossed out in plain view for everyone to scratch his head and state an opinion. This is exactly why Georgette recoils when she is asked: "What are you working on?" She doesn't much like: "When's it gonna be done," either. But th...

Magic in the Cracks

Sometimes I forget when I was five, I figured out happiness is found in the Now. During my elementary school matriculation, a variation on the Theresa-daydreams-during-class comment was added by a helpful teacher's hand at the bottom ...

Promise

A promise to eat something green during the Yuletide season is a noble goal. Based on personal experience, there are plenty of December pitfalls which quickly turn into New Year's Resolutions: I mustn't...I must...I need to...I want to...

Fly

The experiment is to see if I can open my eyes. If I get the all clear, I try a pair of lungs on for size. Sometimes it takes a couple fittings, but eventually oxygen works its magic over my rusty core. A bit of oil in the joints keeps ...

Skinned Alive

Micah didn't think of himself as a fish out of water. He didn't like the confinement of schools, is all. The more people wandered into his circle, the more Micah felt outside the action, like an observer of an experiment with which he h...

The 3 Exceptions

Previously..."Memories are sneak thieves. Pity the spirit that believes a single one of them." Darla remembered a withered face with kind eyes that spoke those words to her when she was in a bad way. Not so much a down-on-her-luck way...

Hard to Swallow

Tess told me she fought with her old editor to keep that part of the story intact. The teen pregnancy/baby makes two part of the novel. I didn't say anything. I simply smiled and nodded and poured Tess a fresh cup of tea. The middle chi...

Choices

Maia stood in line at the Bean & Book, mug brought from home in one hand, thumb of the other tucked inside the waistband of her jeans. She tugged on the denim so it wouldn't rub against the rash on her belly. Dairy products gave Maia hiv...