Bundt Cake When I was a kid I was stupefied and obsessed with Bundt cakes. A cake with a hole in it was a special kind of magic. Every year I’d request a vanilla one with a chocolate stripe running through with powdered sugar glaze. And it’s not like I was all that fond of…
Christmas stockings Art On the Grand – Next Saturday – Kickstart Farmington Author and Book Fair Car hell Condos 10 word love story The departing crawfish would never understand. My tears were salty. Animal He was just happy to be outside, walking. Tongue out, panting and pulling at the leash. His fur freshly washed and…
What house chore do you dislike the most? Dishes. Not dishwasher fill and empty, but fill-the-sink with stinking hot water and scrub till your fingers wrinkle and the water is some shade of greenish grey dishes. Washing, rinsing, drying the tedium knows no end. I’ve always hated doing the dishes. I hate the standing in…
The Worst Idea Standing around a tight circle I drop a match and release a puff of methane from the camping cylinder using a nail wedged between it and the ground. A blue fireball woofs to life engulfing my hand and tickling me with its heat as it spreads and glows orange at edges. “Oohs”…
ikigai reason for being Warmup (love) He wasn’t always sure but at this time of night it all came back in a wash of warmth as his wife scooted in behind him. Reminding him of why he was here. The day’s discontents floated just out reach. He was never certain when but at some point…
