Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
Nothing would please me more than to tell Linda that “I got nothing” for this prompt. Unfortunately, May has been an all-out crazy month. I was going to explain some of this in a quick update on Monday, but since Linda offered this prompt, and the prospect of bonus points, I figured now was as... Continue Reading →
I didn't participate in SoCS and I miss the permission to ramble on. I was on the road last week, and, as often happens I'm caught with a hole in the schedule. I wrote the posts for last Wednesday and Thursday before I left. I wrote Saturday’s post in the airport and I gathered ideas... Continue Reading →
“Do you still own a pickup?” “I haven’t owned a pickup since 2002…why” “I need to move some stuff out of one storage area into another one.” “And, again…why?” “There’s a new place that just opened up, and they have two year rates that are $10 lower than what I’m paying now.” “Why don’t you... Continue Reading →
“Give us this prompt! We’ll be good! We promise!” Linda G. Hill put the Friday reminder for the Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt up early today, which means one thing. The voices that I keep locked away all week have been drooling over the chance to bust out of that dark corner of my mind.... Continue Reading →
If we were having a beer, I’d be trying to keep a secret from you. “I don’t think there’s a barman on duty today.” “Cheryl’s on duty. She’s probably in the back. Barman, what’s that all about?” “Sorry, I’m trying to use words with ‘man’ in them.” “Why?” “Actually, it’s your fault.” “How’s that?” “Your... Continue Reading →
Marian, over at Marian Allen dot com, recently wrote a post about when characters won’t behave. We were filled with empathy for her characters. Who are we? Well, we’re those ham-handed, as Dan is wont to say, voices which are confined all week because things have to written in an oh-so-special way. Things have to... Continue Reading →
This was a really busy week at work, and on a couple of days, work slopped into not-work the way sauce slops off noodles sorry, pasta, onto your my shirt. My wife corrects me when I use ‘noodles’ when referring to pasta. Frankly, I don’t see the difference. I know, noodles have eggs in them,... Continue Reading →
If we were having a beer, you would be wondering about the tab. “Do you remember who paid last time we were here?” “No, but I remember offering to pick up the next tab, or something like that.” “In that case, Cheryl, Dan will have a beer, I’ll have a glass of Bourbon.” “Wait, now... Continue Reading →
Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator…sigh. Sometimes I feel like being a casual user of an Adobe product is a little like attempting your own dentistry. Actually, since the world of mouths and gums is fairly finite, maybe that's not an adequate hyperbolic comparison. Maybe I need to liken it to orthopedic surgery. Of course, I do have... Continue Reading →
