Month: February 2023

In a couple of months, I will no longer be employed as a workaholic. My business will close and my workaholicism will come to a close as well. And I will do everything and nothing all at once.

She’s a customer of mine, just saw her last week, and she’s a member of the writing club I’m in. She’s much younger than I, and her mother, in turn, was much younger than mine. Was. Hard not to think of mortality and my mother’s own inevitable end, in two…

Against All Odds “I will never not love that little drum solo,” I sighed, leaning against my husband’s shoulder and closing my eyes. “His songs all sound the same, you know,” he replied, switching his bottle of Busch Light to the hand and arm that I wasn’t resting against. “What?”…

Neighbor One time I saw you without your shirt on. Another time you were feeding your dogs. I was sitting at my kitchen table, and trying to balance my checkbook. But you know how it is, easy to get distracted when tasked with something you don’t want to do… Did…

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear Emily, happy birthday to you!” The little girl’s smile was wide and toothy and her blue eyes swept back and forth between the brightly glowing four candles on her cake and the five adults singing just for her. She…