This is a brief article from the April 3, 1824 edition of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, which was sort of the Reader’s Digest of the day, containing a variety of articles often reprinted from other journals as … Continue reading
Free Cornish Army by Chris Dolley A short memoir of a huge hoax. The true story of a student who, to publicise Plymouth Charities Week, created the Free Cornish Army and convinced the UK media that Cornwall had risen up … Continue reading
Simple Things by Steven Popkes Jesus and his adopted son live in a small house in Higbee, Missouri and play cards with Satan. A sarcastic elephant and her boy search post-apocalyptic Tennessee for a home. A retired clerk smokes off-brand … Continue reading
I didn’t bring my Croc clogs on our most recent return to Seattle, but we did bring the dogs, and I decided I would write my blog about that trip. The trip was for a necessary return to the surgeon … Continue reading
I personally feel that a person is ruled by their date of birth. Dynamics are in play that we never notice. Odd behaviors by one’s family are suddenly explained. Suggest that a baby is born on her sister’s third birthday. … Continue reading
We fall in love with houses. We can’t stop looking at them. We want to be with them all the time, and miss them horribly when we are away. Only we can’t Skype them to see them and tell them … Continue reading
I’m sure you’ve heard about Seattle’s hot real estate market. So have my Tukwila neighbors. Our house in Tukwila, a Seattle suburb with a Seattle zipcode, is soon to be on the market. We’ve told people. Of course we’ve told … Continue reading
We have wireless!! I shouted up the kitchen stairs of our new home. The kitchen staircase opens into my husband’s playroom, filled with keyboards, musical instruments, his iMac—which is only half his office. More on that later. But there was no … Continue reading
The yard was strewn with junk. A wooden kitchen cabinet adorned the lawn, hammer and nails on top. A can of hornet-killer spray occupied the brick flower bed. A pile of plastic bags leaned in a tired manner against the … Continue reading
Revenge of the Killer Flamingos MJ’s Dys-Daze Mysteries One by Patricia Burroughs A-D-H-D! Oh! Look! A Mystery! MJ O’Malley is impulsive, easily distractible, and even more easily bored. But when a hot lawyer hires her to create a flash mob … Continue reading
