Blue Ribbon

Blue Ribbon

I saw this group of words on a Facebook post and felt compelled to write a short story using all of them. Following is the result. 😉 It happened every year. Old Bess McGillicuddy, known for her extraordinary pumpernickel bread, had to resort to covert tactics to...
Rights

Rights

I love animals. There’s something about their complete dependence on and devotion to us that just does me in. I mean, I can’t even watch one of those Sarah McLachlan commercials. I have to turn the channel, as that level of horror against something so...

Merry Christmas 2018

Along with millions around the world, I suspect, I watched as the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush was ceremoniously, and reverently, carried into the National Cathedral. As each of the eulogists spoke, I listened, eyes glistening, as they...