Melvin’s* voices June 29, 2007

*almost his real name
Melvin hears voices that coach him. They tell him to do different things. I know ’cause he told me. Lately they’ve been saying he should eat a lot of sweets and he sure does. He has a fondness for the sour cream glaze. I hear voices telling me to drink more beer. [...]

of watermelons, storms and summer evenings lost June 26, 2007

She always did well at the county fair. Her cherry pie was to die for and her long-haired heifers were the envy of the ol’ boys.
“That there’s a cow.” They’d mutter, leaning on the fence while gazing soulfully at yet another one of her winners.
This year the grand prize was no less than an all [...]

restless… June 11, 2007

ever want to be part of something great?
ya, me too.
“there are no great things. only small things done with great love.”
mother theresa

literal issues June 6, 2007

I’ve heard it said that you are what you eat. At first blush, the phrase strikes me as rather stupid. It doesn’t compute. Consuming some food product or another does not magically transform a person into its likeness. Seriously, does anyone really think that having a bbq’ed steak makes one a cow or a t-bone [...]

Kid June 1, 2007

at Storytellers Anonymous one of our assignments was to write for ten minutes using a picture for inspiration. i used the cover of our first edition of Hatch as i arrived late and it was the only thing handy. incidentally, hatch is not available on the internet. please contact me if you’d like a copy.

The [...]