Posts by James
Quote of the week–
Pics courtesy of Google “Everyone’s different. I guess that’s why you can pick your seat at the movies and pick your nose, but there’s one thing you can’t choose–family. Mine is like the Flintstones, hopelessly stuck in stone-age holiday traditions. Wilma, Fred, Barney and Betty scrambling around to get everything just right. Yabba, dabba,…
Read MoreCowboy Glam
It’s official. Nearly ten years has passed since I was dragged out of Chicago kicking and screaming ‘Da Bears’, ‘Da Bulls’, legs tangled dancing the BlackHawk jig. As a last ditch effort, I begged the doctors at Northwestern Medical to give me a super duper relocation booster shot to numb the reality that I was…
Read MoreQuote of the week–The Shoe Solution
“As I left the house this morning on the way to the polls, my wife generously reminded me of the hot voting issues–unemployment, healthcare and the growing national debt. “Paying off the deficit?” I paused in the doorway and smiled at her. “That job is made for a woman.” Knowing me as well as…
Read MoreGhoul-Glam
My house is haunted. Nearly a hundred years old you can imagine the number of spirits of owners past who have returned to pace our halls and attic. If I wake suddenly in the middle of the night and creep stealthly downstairs, I can catch light switches flicking, cabinets slamming, my paranormal guests, I suspect,…
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Never mind in writing, get it in concrete. Masonry contractor working at my house the morning after the last presidential debate.
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“Never get between your horse and a hard place.” Wrangler at The Hideout, Shell, WY
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Called my cousin yesterday and begged her to kill me. Dress in black, drive to my house, break in through an open window, creep down the dark hall to my writing area and wring my creatively blocked neck. With gloves of course, to hide any evidence. I don’t want her to have to spend life…
Read MoreTrue Blood
The sun lit the pale blue sky, eagerly, I suspected, after three days of dense rainy weather. Hungry for breakfast, I left our house, tracked around the saw horses and piles of plywood enroute to our detached garage. Kitchen remodel, about six weeks in. If you believe the contractor, we’re half way through. Outside, the…
Read MoreSay It-Quote of the week
“I’m too old to get “career minded” I just want to earn some fun money to get my nails done.” Woman who asked me how hard it is to become a published author.
Read MoreSay It-Quote of the week
“I know what it’s called, but instead of downward dog, it looks more like upward butt.” Dad discussing yoga fundamentals with his teenage daughter.
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