100 Word Challenge: Six-word story

April 19, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

It’s been a weird spring. No, “weird” doesn’t remotely touch on the definition, even “surreal” doesn’t rise to what has been happening. It’s like we’re living in an intense, dystopian, science fiction movie and we’re all actors or extras. All those books and movies about worldwide health disasters don’t sound so outlandish now, do they? […]

Lethal incense

April 2, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

After a harsh winter that left a subtle chill in the air, sunshine and a promise of warmer days was a welcome respite. Eleonora napped under an ancient oak, its tender leaves beginning to spread along its stout limbs, a book opened face down in her lap. A squirrel and a blue jay chased each […]

100 Word Challenge: Distance

March 27, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

So… how is everyone doing? I mean, how are you really doing? Here at my house, we’re all healthy with plenty of food in the pantry and fridge. We have an adequate (not hoarding level) of paper products and sufficient cleaning supplies. Maybe we were prophetic, but prior to the manic run on grocery stores, […]

100 Word Challenge: Panic

March 20, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

I’m not sure if I should be in catastrophic panic mode, conspiracy-theory calm, or something in-between. Before, whenever I head the word “pandemic” it was something happening somewhere else, somewhere far away. Even when reports of the Covid-19 virus started moving closer to where I live, I was paying closer attention to the news, but […]

100 Word Challenge: Fort

March 13, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

Got a lot going on around here lately. Today’s Friday the Thirteenth (hat tip to all you triskaidekaphobics – stay away from ladders, sidewalk cracks and broken mirrors), Saturday is Pi Day (March 14… 3.14.. pi? Do the math), and Sunday is the Ides of March (watch your back!) We just came out of a […]

100 Word Challenge: Daylight

March 6, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Daylight Saving Time (take careful note of the lack of a possessive S!) begins at the ungodly hour of 2 am (EST) Sunday morning. I cannot stress enough how much I hate DST. Detest it, abhor it, curse it. The change totally throws off my equilibrium. It takes weeks, nay months, to finally adjust. My […]