The Daily Prompt — Neighbors

image link   In the little red house across the alley behind my house, and next to the vacant lot, lived an older woman who routinely complained that we needed to trim branches of the oak trees that crossed our shared property line.  Checking with city ordinances, we learned that she was free to trim…

Musician of the Day — Steve Earle

image link I first “met” Steve when I bought one of his CDs at a yard sale for 25c.  I’d never heard of him before but his name as well as the title had a twanginess to them that had me hoping it would be old school country.  The investment was a quarter.  The CD…

The Daily Prompt — Simmer

image link Annual Exam Today was annual exam day, the 2nd annual exam with this doctor.  Previous health care providers have been lackluster to downright demeaning in their bedside manner.  In all of the almost 60 years of having doctors, I remember my pediatrician as being a jolly older gentleman who seemed to enjoy what…