People that inhabit a property that they have no legal claim to do so. Big news when we hear of squatters and the legal frustrations involved trying to extricate them. Aren’t we all just another form of squatter? We are here, free to live and do whatever we want until another more powerful entity decidesContinue reading “Squatters”
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Get Real
When we left our lovely home in Phoenix to be closer to Karen’s family, I was looking for my own little Mayberry to move to. I wanted the whole mom and pop thing, the small town feel, and when we were searching for our new home, we came upon the “main street” of this smallContinue reading “Get Real”
Maybe It’s Time
As of today, we have had forty-five presidents lead our country. Zero women have held that office, and the failed campaign of Hillary Clinton saved us all from just another one of the good ‘ole boys dressed in a Brooks Brothers power suit. In our zeal to show a fake sense of inclusion, we actuallyContinue reading “Maybe It’s Time”
Love/Hate
I used to love it when the first SweetTart out of the roll was a cherry one. I hated moving from country to country as an Air Force family, but I really loved meeting and exchanging with new peoples and cultures. I love dogs, but hated it when I had to undergo a very painfulContinue reading “Love/Hate”
Style
I am often asked what style or genre my writing is. I honestly don’t know how to answer that question. I believe in my book EMOTIONS! Not your Mama’s ABC’s! I have created an entirely new genre. I took the short story and made it into a short-short story, and the final product is theContinue reading “Style”
I Guess I Still Don’t Get It
All the same bleeding-heart Democrats who created the atmosphere for homelessness to thrive in California now want to ask the Supreme Court to allow them to keep the homeless out of public areas. No wonder die-hard Democrats are flipping the switch. You can’t be all things to all people. Hell, we aren’t even all thingsContinue reading “I Guess I Still Don’t Get It”
Closing Time
I worked in food service for several decades and closed many an establishment. I worked my way up from dishwasher to starred chef and at that level, I had a Chef Tournant whose staff would close and secure my kitchen. If I was on hand for closing, it was for a special occasion, or IContinue reading “Closing Time”
The Big “L”
Nat King Cole and nearly every other singer on the planet has, at one time or another, placed a love song or two in their playlist. We sing about love, we revere it, we even build great monuments to it. But what are we doing to perpetuate it? Love is not self-sustaining. It needs toContinue reading “The Big “L””
Blind Drunk
The clickbait story was Scientists Shatter Long-held Belief About Drinking Alcohol. So of course, I clicked on it. What a load. They come up with some really stupid conclusions that make me think exactly who was the test population? In my early twenties, I really thought I was something. I would NEVER sleep with anythingContinue reading “Blind Drunk”
And a Heartfelt Thank You
Since I am always giving public figures a load of crap when I am able, it’s time to mend my ways, but first… Every time a serial killer’s victim is held in the bottom of a dry well, and every time she looks at the different colored bloody broken fingernails of the failed efforts ofContinue reading “And a Heartfelt Thank You”