Archive for Archive for February, 2009
No writing today
Not much writing today. Need to find a place to store, file and hide some of this junk in the “boar’s nest” I call an office. I asked my good wife to help me file, etc. I told her I was buried under paper. I couldn’t find the keyboard this morning. It hid itself under [...]
Along the Back Roads – Here’s a Quarter!
If you ask locals who Oris is, they’ll tell you he’s the neighbor down the road with the mule attitude and the donkey disposition, but he’s got a heart of gold. But then you’d be wonderin’ where they got their ideas… Their ideas might have come from the time he lassoed the neighborhood bully and treated [...]
Posted: at ACE Writers
Wanted: two mysterious writers with sense of humor for regular blogging duty. Job duties include (but are not limited to): writing consistently (at least twice weekly) on any one of three to five blogs about the daily struggles of life. These struggles can be triumphant or down and out, get your hands dirty with real [...]
Jon L. Seagull
Dear Mr. George, It has come to my attention that your power pole is available for spring. I tried over at the Verhoeffs but there’s a waiting list. Mrs. Barn Builder had the nerve to offer me the stinky chicken coop! At least the roosters were gone. Rumor has it Melvin Coyote over at Mule [...]
Mr. Melvin Coyote
Last night, one of the local coyotes, who once in a while leaves a deposit in our backyard to let us know what he thinks of us, tacked a note on the back door. The note reads: We, of the Mule Train Acres Coyote Community, held a meeting two nights ago. It was decided to [...]
Rome didn’t listen
“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance given to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.” – Cicero – 55 BC
