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Category Archives: Fiction
the faces behind the door (an excerpt from a book I am writing)
in the faces beyond the door, he could hear his own breathing…the rise and fall of aspiration, a thickening. silence stood at the door. he listened. stopped. counted seconds. handle, twist, knob, pull. finding his own face beyond the door….surrounded … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Life
Tagged Characters, dreams, dreamscape, ficition, Life, poetic fiction, reality
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a lovely new fiction post
I have posted another fiction piece. The link is not working. Go to “fiction” and look for my gravatar and Mr and Mrs Boring and The Day After. It is best to read each segment, starting from the begining if you … Continue reading
Eau du fabric softener
i brush my teeth. more than once, twice, sometimes…gasp…as much as three times a day…or more- does that make me a dentist’s best friend? does it mean i get a sticker and a lollypop? does it mean i don’t have … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, High School, Life
Tagged adolescence, boys, dentist, dreams, fiction, hygenist, Life, sleeping
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Mr and Mrs Boring and The Tangled Tango
He had a flair for vacuum cleaners…. This blog post is at my new companion blog for fiction at THE ADVENTURES OF MR AND MRS BORING mrandmrsboring.wordpress.com/2014/01/19/mr-and-mrs-boring-and-the-tangled-tango I just noticed wordpress seems to be screwed up right now. The link … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, humor
Tagged door-to-door salesman, fiction, humor, Life, relationships, tango, vacuum cleaners
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Mr and Mrs Boring and the Pastel Purse
And now, the third segment in the Adventures of Mr and Mrs Boring. Go to mrandmrsboring.wordpress.com for the first and second posts. Soon, I will only post “the adventures” on that blog. He had never had a full-time love before … Continue reading
Posted in catholicism, Fiction, humor, Life, Relationships
Tagged adventures, Catholicism, fiction, Life, men, Mr Boring, Mrs Boring, relationships, women
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the society for the prevention of hostility toward unabridged dictionaries
where have all the unabridged dictionaries gone long time a passin where have all the unabridged dictionaries gone long time ago where have all the unabridged dictionaries gone gone to dumpsters every one when will they ever learn? when will … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Dreams/Goals, Education, Fiction, High School, humor, Language, Life, Poetry, Scotland, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged bad poetry, book burnings, books, Language, librarians, libraries, Life, secrets, unabridged dictionaries, words
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Meeting my favorite artist
I didn’t have it on my “bucket list.” I had no idea he would be there. But when I walked into the art gallery this evening, my favorite living artist stood near my favorite painting in the whole wide world. … Continue reading
Step Away From the Laptop: How To Wipe Out Writer’s Block
And now for something so different, so amazingly useful…that you will never ever get writer’s block ever ever again! Ten Ways to Defeat The Evil “Writer’s Block:” 10. Step away from the laptop. Next, put on some “outdoor clothes,” get … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Culture, Fiction, Food, humor, Language, Life, Men, Music, Nature, Relationships, theater, Uncategorized, Women, Writing
Tagged Bach, Beethoven, Bite the wax Tadpole. music, broccoli, Characters, chemist, cloaking device, culture, Language, Life, math, Mountains, naked mountain climbing, Star Trek, Writer's Block, writing
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Top 10 Reasons Not To Watch Current Hollywood Movies
10. Too many movies based on an overuse of green screens. 9. No creativity, it has all been done before. Besides, I’m not into comic books, I’ve grown up. 8. Some stuff is so weird, you wonder what drugs they … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Culture, Doctor Who, Fiction, Hobbits, humor, Life, Morality, Politics, theater, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged culture, End of the Spear, entertainment, fail, fails, green screens, I am Gabriel, Johnny Depp, Life, movies, Star Trek, summer, The Hobbit, The Jerk
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bookends part 3
In the meantime of the day, when the clock just doesn’t quite strike a primary number, Albert assumed a cup of Java into his routine. It sat before him, it sat beside him. It even sat between his legs. But … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Culture, Fiction, Language, Life, Men, Rail Travel, Relationships, Uncategorized, Women, Writing
Tagged bookends, cheese, childhood, coffee, common man, fiction, Ireland, Java, Language, Life, office, relationships, time, train travel
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