My journal of big words and pretty pictures
One afternoon last weekend, my Mister and I got into his truck and just went driving. No particular destination, no particular direction, we were simply exploring down roads we’ve never driven before. People once took Sunday drives for fun. After church, the family would pile into the old sedan or wagon, roll the windows down, … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Road
My daughter called me last week in a fine fury. She wanted to vent about an encounter she had with someone who works in the same building where her office is located. I won’t go into detail, but the crux of the conversation was that he deigned to “mansplain” something to her, something that 1) … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Parent
There is an urban legend about Ernest Hemingway that goes something like: Papa was once challenged to write a six-word story. He penned… “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” I say urban legend, because there really isn’t any proof that said flash-fiction was actually penned by Hemingway. Similar accounts even predate his account. It is a … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Memoir
In the late 50s, 60s and 70s, we had some really cool stuff. My generation was the first to have boom boxes and Pop Rocks, roller blades, Sony Walkman, Pong and Star Wars. I can remember with great clarity where I was when Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon. We had the original Boy … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Future
In 1992, my family got its first computer - a Mac LCII. Our oldest - and only child at the time - was three years old. We had the obligatory computer learning games loaded for our daughter’s entertainment, but for the most part, didn’t use it for much else. The internet was in its infancy, … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Tyrant
Tomorrow night, I’m getting dressed up, and a friend and I are going on a Girls’ Night Out. We're attending a concert at the local community college. The last concert I attended was in 2014 when this same friend got me tickets to see Lady Smith Black Mambazo as a Christmas present. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=413645775438150&set=a.139983796137684.27269.100003781930855&type=3&theater Before that, … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Music
Thin spiral notebook 