I was sitting in the living room, not really doing anything except staring off into space, when my son Alex came in. “What’s got you so deep in thought?” He asked. I hadn’t heard him come into the room so I was taken a bit by surprise. “Oh.” I shook off my daydreaming. “I don’tContinue reading “BLUE JAY BAND”
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OFFLINE
I was sitting on the couch playing Solitaire on my phone when the ‘low battery’ notification appeared on my screen. “Okay. That’s it! I’m done!” I tossed my phone across the couch and watched as it landed on a pillow. “What’s wrong?” my son Alex asked as he came out of the kitchen with hisContinue reading “OFFLINE”
WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE
I was sitting on the floor surrounded by old photos when my son Alex came in the room. “What are you doing?” He asked as he looked at the mess I was sitting in the center of. “Reliving memories.” I sighed as I held up a photo of him with just his head sticking outContinue reading “WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE”
SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET
My son Alex and I were driving home from the park when I noticed a house decorated for Halloween. I pointed to the two giant 8 foot skeletons on their front lawn, each holding the leash of a skeleton dog. “You know I normally don’t like the creepy Halloween decorations but for some reason theseContinue reading “SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET”
NO PHOTOS PLEASE
My husband Steven opened the front door and stuck his head in. “Okay. I’ve finished installing our new Ring camera.” He called. “Anyone want to come check it out?” My son Alex and I went to the front door and looked at our new doorbell. Steven held out his phone. “Once you get the appContinue reading “NO PHOTOS PLEASE”
STILL LOCAL SUMMER
It was a beautiful sunny Saturday with the temperatures in the high 70’s. I was out on our back porch in my rocking chair, reading a book. My son Alex popped his head out the door. “Dad and I wanted to go to the boardwalk for an early dinner. Does that sound good to you?”Continue reading “STILL LOCAL SUMMER”
ARE YOU SICK?
I’d slept on the couch, so that I could sleep sitting up, and not bother my husband Steven with my constant blowing of my nose. I watched as dawn broke and my alarm went off telling me it was time to get ready for work. “Oh, man.” I sighed as I pushed the blanket offContinue reading “ARE YOU SICK?”
ASBESTOS HANDS
My son Alex and I were standing side by side at the stove cooking dinner. I was stirring a pot of sauce while Alex was waiting for the pasta water to come to a boil. When it finally did he started to pour the pasta in from it’s box when one of ziti noodles missedContinue reading “ASBESTOS HANDS”
LATE NIGHT SHOPPER
It was late in the evening and I was sitting on the couch watching a rerun on television when a commercial came on. “You know what I just remembered we could use?” I said to myself as I picked up my phone that was laying next to me. I opened my Amazon account and beganContinue reading “LATE NIGHT SHOPPER”
NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL…SOMETIMES
I was headed to our basement, to toss a load of towels in the washing machine when I noticed a small light green grasshopper had landed on one of the panes of glass on our back door. It’s little legs were glued to the glass as it looked out towards our back yard. “Well, aren’tContinue reading “NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL…SOMETIMES”
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