Suprise Me

I was approached by a young woman who asked if she could come to my house to show me some amazing knives. I said yes. Read More

A freshman girl is daring enough to ask a senior boy to the Sadie Hawkins Dance. Read More

My first typing experience was on an old Royal manual.  I could go like a bat outta hell on that thing, typing 80 words a minute with maybe one typo.  The other people in the office where I worked would sometimes stand around my desk and just watch me.  My boss bragged about his secretary’s… Read More

Inspired by John Zussman's republishing his story from the 2017 prompt "Let's Put On a Show." Read More

Sleeping Arrangements  What’s more fun than a new kitten?  (See ASPCA) But they do require some serious training to show them who’s boss.   So the day we brought Jackie home from the ASPCA we read him the house rules –  don’t bite the hand that feeds you,  keep your paws off the house plants,  and… Read More

A blind date to a boring movie is not a recipe for success Read More

There was hand sanitizer at every place setting, the centerpiece was a bowl filled with rubber gloves, and for desert we had our choice of individually wrapped pastries. Read More

I am living in a time warp, totally unmoored from any sense of day or even month. Read More

Things that have made me laugh over the years: phony phone calls, Firesign Theatre, Dave Barry, cat filters on Zoom, and my son. Read More

Skee Balll When I was a kid my grandparents lived a few blocks from the beach in Far Rockaway,  in Queens,  New York.   I loved visiting them  – and especially in the summer when Rockaways Playland was open for the season. Created in 1902 by roller coaster designer LaMarcus Adna Thompson,  Rockaways Playland had… Read More