Author’s note- This story is an homage to the genre of mystery/crime short that once appeared in magazines like Ellery Queen or Arthur Hitchcock Magazine. It was while Bethanne was constructing the timeline for the homicide detective that she declared that everything that occurred that morning stemmed from an innocuous…

When the Antiques Caravan Came To Town — “Boy, I think my five year old could do better than these figures,” said the Antiques Caravan Anonymous Appraiser, eying the textile. “Tell us again how you came to have this piece.” “Well, all I can say is that family lore says this blanket was a gift to my great…

A co-worker of my husband happened to have some kittens that were ready to be re-homed, so we went to take a look, after reminding ourselves that it was a many year commitment and we shouldn’t just jump at the first kitten to tap our face with a velvety paw…

It’s an architectural issue. If I discovered my beautiful home rested upon rotted pilings then I would need to take some kind of immediate and drastic action to save my house. I would need to replace and restore and augment my foundation. I couldn’t simply ignore the situation and hope…

Sadly, I am beginning to lose patience with this site. My issue has been pretty much the same since day one — it doesn’t appear that anyone is home or minding the store in a way that would promote the site and its writers or elevate quality or make the…

I Like It! — Cutting to the point — Yes, I do like it. I particularly like that it’s focus is/was fiction/poetry. Now that we’ve all discovered it, my only worry is that it will devolve into a morass of fiction with a large overlay of hustle-writing gurus* that will overcome and suffocate the…

I’ll be signing up partners tomorrow — Having been through several years with trying out a few, here is my outline: My theoretical website is DETRITUS- “Proof we thought and therefore were.” The logo will be vertical dots disappearing into a hole. Not everyone could post right off the bat. You would have to apply to be…

Which one are you? You can tell from my catchy title that I believe that there are three and only three types of Democrats. So let’s just plunge right in: Type 1. The “Of Course I’m a Democrat”- the OCIADs These folks are Democrats because the alternative is unthinkable. They…