#MM Saturday Mix — Forevermore

image link It was the twelfth of January, the day of each month that I went to visit him. There was no obligation on my part to do so and a million reasons why not. Month after month, year after year, I made the two-hour sojourn. Brewing enough coffee to fill my large traveler’s cup…

#MM — Saturday Mix — The Test

image link In the digital age of too much information, The Test had put so many memes, thoughtbytes, myths, and buzz inside of Timbo’s head that it felt like it was vibrating. Crammed full and crawling, the processor in his frontal cortex seized up. Like a marquee on a theater, LED bubble lights flashed circling…

#MM Saturday Mix — The idea was difficult to swallow.

image link Twenty-five years ago, there was a neighbor kid who had gotten into the habit of pulling up the plants in our garden for fun. We’d tried speaking with the boy’s mother, fencing in the yard, employing kindness and reason with him, then yelling and threats. We’d even called the police on the youngster…

#MM Saturday Mix – Unique Personality — Mother Nature can be a….

image link Gordon Lightfoot sang about the “gales of November,” which haven’t quite reached here yet, but cold October rains did their best to wash the rainbow leaves off of the trees. A thick mat greeted my running shoes as I walked along the trail that ran between the dunes today. I’d almost made it…

OctPoWriMo2019 Day 5 and MM Saturday Mix – Aperture

image by:  mk vecchitto I wander halls with many doors Of varied woods and endless cores The choice I make will not be forced On cosmic course.  On cosmic course I skip through one of oak that shines Am in a place of flowered vines Each bloom displays precise guidelines There will be fines! There…

#MM Saturday Mix — The Pink Bench

image link Ed lived in a small house in a quiet residential neighborhood. Now 84 years old, the past year had gotten him accustomed to a slightly different routine than the one of the previous 50 he was used to. A year ago this day, his beloved wife, Bell, had passed on from this world…