I love History. I really love learning about historical things I didn’t know about. Especially if it is about something I thought I knew. I get a kick out of learning the obscure and not so obscure. Enjoy these three historical vignettes: MARK TWAIN We all know who Mark Twain was, right? Most folks know Mark Twain as Samuel Langhorne…
Tessa closed the door after the last of the children left the Craft Store. She loved the little tykes, but they were tiring. Not having children of her own, she loved holding the craft classes that were popular with the little ones. Today they made Christmas trees out of their hand prints in plaster. They painted them then wrapped them…
“But Mr. Patisserie even your name means pastries!” “I don’t care if my name means schmuck we are not going to make cookies and donuts and foo foo things. This is a bakery! We bake breads and sometimes cake. Maybe in the big city they do things crazy but here we make bread. That’s it! Now make some bread!”…
She stepped out of the trees and into the meadow. The grass was tall and dry, the rain had finally stopped and for that Claudia was grateful. It was impossible to tell what time of day it was though as the clouds still covered the sky, but she felt has if she had walked most of the day. Earlier she…
Sebella slept outside the compound. It was a rule of hers and she felt more at home on the ice anyway. She was an Ice Rider after all. She lay on a bear fur with her head on Horse’s belly. They were both warm and snug under the furs she had draped over them. Dog was nowhere to be seen….
In the late 20th century, politicians, a handful of scientists and a Vice President in the United States of America started to raise the alarm about Global Warming. Some people paid attention but many others ignored the warnings., having been through the ice age warnings , holes in the ozone layer and much more worried about total annihilation by nuclear…
She woke up in a hospital bed. She vaguely remembered being in an ambulance, her hands handcuffed to the gurney but she wasn’t sure if what she remember was true. She looked down at her hand s. they were not restrained. There was IV line in the back of her hand. He followed the line to see several bags hanging…
Meg abruptly stopped laughing. While she was no neat freak,the state of the kitchen stopped her in her tracks. It looked like an entire frat house had been living in her kitchen. There was pizza boxes and pizza crusts strewn about. The refrigerator door was wide open and it looked like it had thrown up the contents. A Pickle jar…
Meg found herself at the mall that was located across the street from the office. She walked aimlessly through the mall not really seeing the stores and their offering, in fact, not even seeing the other mall shoppers. She didn’t hear the music or the people. She paid no attention the kiosk workers trying to sell her their miracle products…
My brother in law David came over the other day and brought me two old books. They were actually letters that my Father in law and mother in law wrote to each when they were apart. Much like a diary except the other could read it. They were apart for a bit because The Bear was in the Merchant Marines…
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