image link New Orleans is known for its strange goings-about, and as you know, many a tall-tale contains a grain of truth. They say back in the days of rum running and pirate jaunts, a strange ship came in on the mist one night. Madame DeSwain, whose inn near the docks greeted gamblers, sailors, and…
Category: fiction
Daddy and the talkies
Daddy told me when he was my age, he loved to go to the cinema. It was in the days before television, when it was the only place to see the talkies. Although I have always thought of my father as possessing honesty, he told me his family was so poor, he used to have…
Bad Weather Ahead
image link Liv was headed to her dance class, where a young lad named Jeremy had been chosen by the teacher to be her dance partner for the show the club was putting on in two weeks. Liv’s eyes sparkled when she thought of Jeremy, especially when she thought of Jeremy seeing her waltz into…
50 Word Thursday
Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay It isn’t as difficult to get out of bed this morning. Most of the day is spent talking with friends and attending awards ceremonies. Joey and a group of us ride down to the beach at lunch time. The water is still ice cold but the air is warm. We…
Motorcycle PSA
image link Carrie and Nick were on their first road trip with their new Harley. Nick, who had no motorcycle riding experience prior to the Harley purchase, needed to take a rider safety course to get a cycle endorsement on his driver’s license. What they don’t tell you at those safety courses is that it…
The Curse of the Gray Slime
Image by stokpic from Pixabay When you’re a vampire, there is plenty of time to reflect. Too much time. After awhile all thoughts have been thought. Eventually it hits you, that endlessly looping bundle of electrically charged synaptic pathways are just slime. It’s the gray slime that’s the real vampire, not me, drawing away from…
#FF — Not so Funny Now
Not so Funny Now The comedy duo of Benny and Wildee had been together for 20 years, their names household brands. Benny was the banana man and Wildee the stooge. Only their wives knew their routine was based on how wounded Wildee got with a joke during rehearsals. Fame and fortune is nothing to tamper…
Tao-Talk 