Monthly Archives: June 2019

A Few Minutes More

Did you ever wake up and look at the alarm clock without an alarm ringing? I believe there is a little accountant in my head that says ‘oh, twenty minutes more. Power nap time.’ That little voice remains silent when … Continue reading

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Something’s Coming

It has been happening over the last several night. Lines in the road. Small white and blue lines. But now, someone has walked into gravel yards, gouged out small craters in the rock and painted the divots red. Something is … Continue reading

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Spending the Weekend with the Oldies

I had to laugh the other day. A coworker was sharing her weekend Netflix viewing and spoke about the classics she had watched. Things like The Breakfast Club, you know, movies from the 1980s. After I finished choking on my … Continue reading

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Separate but Together

My life is pretty compartmentalized. There is the writer me and there is the scientist me. While I am very comfortable tapping the scientist me for the writing, the scientist me, for obvious reasons, only uses the skills of the … Continue reading

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Did you notice?

There is a facebook meme out there, that when we are old, we shall write in cursive and none of the staff will understand. I’ve seen my cursive, it’s why I print:D But then there is the other cursive—you know … Continue reading

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When it all comes back

We were grocery shopping yesterday when I started humming to the faint music in the background. I literally stopped in the middle of the aisle as I couldn’t figure out the song but I knew it. It brought back memories … Continue reading

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Old versus New

It’s an odd thing—This consumer economy. We live in a time when we throw things away rather than repair them. Given the obvious benefit to companies, most don’t even bother providing manuals anymore. It’s better for their bottom line. Some … Continue reading

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Yes, We Did

On our Amazon prime subscription, a movie was suggested to us. One that the algo gods thought we might enjoy. It was Bad Ben, part of the Steelman Road movies. The hubbinator who usually tries to take over the world via … Continue reading

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Losing a Day

There’s this thing that causes people to lose time. It’s called a migraine. Migraines are fun times. That’s sarcastic, folks. I had plans for this weekend. Fun plans. They started with the stuff below. But then Sunday morning I woke … Continue reading

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Did you ever play the game…

Did you ever play the game, what’s that smell? I’m not talking the foodie one that starts with does this smell bad to you, and it’s curdled milk or something worse that engages the gag reflex. No, I’m talking about … Continue reading

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