Short Stories
Short vignettes about the world around me though my imagination "remembers" things differently.
Osprey’s Tail Tale
A completely true (except for the parts I made up) tale about an Osprey’s tail that brought up some blinding memories.
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Road Rage
Our peaceful morning walk was shattered by the shouts and taunts from a passing vehicle—a moment of unbridled road rage.
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A Crappy Little Short Story
This is not a literary masterpiece. It’s a crappy little short story. A tale of rainy weather, dog walking, and the necessary output from those efforts.
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Please and Thank You
A simple good morning, hello, please, and thank you make strangers smile at each other. Wouldn’t the world be great if we did more of that?
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Change of Scenery
The simplest explanation why we are leaving Maggie Valley and moving to Murrells Inlet is a change of scenery. The complete truth is more complex.
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Running On Empty
Rural highways, small towns, a big funeral, and lots of crops, but no service stations in sight and I was running on empty.
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Black Magic
How do you create black magic in the middle of the night? Two dogs, two rabbits, a bright flashlight, a social media post, and an evil overlord.
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Cave Entrapment Of The Minor Kind
The heroic rescue of the boys in Thailand sparked the memory of my own spelunking experience which included a cave entrapment of the minor kind.
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Eyes Wide Open
The middle of the night. A dark bedroom. My sleep disturbed. I find myself clutching the covers with my eyes wide open. Oh, the horror.
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Brad And His Date
A wink-and-a-smile charming young man, Brad was a scoundrel. A mostly true tale of Brad and his date on a sidewalk in Folly Beach, South Carolina.
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Tide Pod Challenge
The Tide Pod Challenge is the latest teenage craze sweeping social media. Good thing we weren’t that stupid as kids. Or were we?
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I Wasn’t Driving
SHORT STORY – Law Enforcement Officers have a most challenging job, but sometimes their stories have great levity – such as this one with the protest, “I wasn’t driving!”
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