Inkwells and Bathtubs

     I was looking over a new postcard for my inventory and thought, “Wow!  How much longer does THAT joke have to live?”  I realized that even I understand some of these old postcard gags simply because I had read about the basic idea in books, or seen them in old movies.  A joke dependsContinue reading “Inkwells and Bathtubs”

FUZZ ORDAINED: Peter and the Big Bad

     “Here!” He set his ice cream sandwich on the backrest of the bench.  Really, this woman was either the most clumsy or least lucky female in the city.  A trailing corner of that banner had blown up in the wind and wound around one ankle.  As she was busy pulling her other ankle freeContinue reading “FUZZ ORDAINED: Peter and the Big Bad”

FICTION FRIDAY: A Teeny Tiny Sequel

     Once upon a time, a teeny tiny woman lived in a teeny tiny house with a teeny tiny cat and her dainty darling daughter who had a dainty darling dog..  The four of them loved their teeny tiny house, which was a teeny tiny walk from a teeny tiny town      One day, theContinue reading “FICTION FRIDAY: A Teeny Tiny Sequel”

Owed to a Skylark

     I see by the number of views it received that my column about those who communicate on the Interwebs adding to world peace by just chilling a little and not feeling it is necessary to cry out in righteous indignation at every little thing was about as successful as a solicitation for funds toContinue reading “Owed to a Skylark”

FUZZ ORDAINED: Twilight

     “They always talk about remembering.”  Meadow Saffron took a double handful of flower petals and flung these after the couple moving along the sidewalk.      “It’s what we do,” Primrose told her.  “They won’t forget when WE help them Do It.  This one wasn’t so easy though.”      “It was fun.”  Bluebell shaped aContinue reading “FUZZ ORDAINED: Twilight”

FUZZ ORDAINED: Anna and Shannon

     Anna set her groceries down on the sidewalk first, and then let herself thump down on the bench.  She swept the back of one hand across her eyes.  Then she leaned back and crossed her ankles in front of her.      Anna Eleanor, she told herself, it’s a food thing your parents aren’t aroundContinue reading “FUZZ ORDAINED: Anna and Shannon”

Boldly Going

     In my boy days, we were always getting articles about how Jules Verne had predicted the future.  This was a major theme in the world in those days: Jules Verne had predicted space travel, high-powered submarines, television, and who knows what all else.  There was a reason that the government named its first nuclearContinue reading “Boldly Going”