Author Archives: Alice
Poor Kitty
One of our cats got hit by a car. He’s been known to roam a bit, so we weren’t terribly worried when he didn’t show up for breakfast the first day, but by the second day we were checking with the animal shelters. He’d slipped his collar a few weeks before, but luckily he has one of those chips. I originally thought the chip would act like a GPS or something; that there’d be a way to locate him the […]
Sigh-ings
Jack: Why are you two sitting here sighing? Jill: It’s the season. Jack: What? Fall? Jill: Football. We’re going to be football widows. Jack: Oh! Right! I’ll go call the guys. Previously in Jack and Jill: Photo Shopping For more posts with 1 signs go to Keyhole Pictures
Talking to Walls
Can I confess to you? I know we hardly know one another. You are always busy and so am I, And maybe that’s the problem. I’ve outrun my life – left behind all connection to friends and family until there is nothing left but this hollow house and the cats. And a career that is too gone-to-seed for future glory. Now, I have little to say, but maybe if I tell you all about it something will come up. The […]
13 Totally Random Words
Who, me short on ideas for lists? What gives you that idea? 1. Random 2. Drawing 3. Art 4. Guy 5. Gal 6. Herself 7. Reflexive 8. Mirror 9. Lake 10. Excalibur 11. Sword 12. Play 13. Theater Whewh! I made it. 🙂
Suzie’s House 275 : Bruce
Bruce left his buddies leaning against the wall and walked to the middle of the hall as Gene, Tracy, and Justin got there. He put himself right in front of Gene and puffed out his chest like the bully he was. Weird. Gene was sure Bruce knew better than to get in his face. It’s not like they were enemies, but they weren’t exactly friends either. Bruce mostly hung out with his gang, and Gene used to always be by […]
The Serialists of August 29th
Dear readers, did you get a chance to check out Diana’s Diary? Don’t stop there. Ann Pino has a weekly post called Points of Departure. Check it out. This is the hub for The Serialists, a meme for people who post original, serialized fiction on their blogs. If you have one or more posts you would like for us to read, please put the direct link(s) to the post(s) in the linky. Remember to visit one another and comment. We […]
76,806 Words
Sometimes things just come together for you. The book I just wrote was like that. Not so much the ending, which I changed three or four times as I went, but just the way the book came together as a whole was great. I’ve got a couple of Works In Progress that are like pulling teeth. To have one whip together so fast and so clean from a start with so little to go on was really fun. This manuscript […]
Photo Shopping
Jack: Hey look! I can walk on water. Jill: Show off. For more posts with shopping go to Keyhole Pictures
Misstep
Getting cheated feels like Missing the first step at the top of the stairs foot hovering over air, heart thumping, pain awaiting. How bad will the fall be? What can be salvage? Then every step to the bottom is another chance to be hurt. Clinging to the railing and feeling Like such a fool. Such an idiot. And from then on, the whole world is a staircase. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story […]
13 Points in Building a WordPress Web Site
I recently completed my first commissioned web site. I used the installed version of WordPress and the Atahaulpa theme to create the entire site to her specifications. Cool, eh? Here are 13 steps and/or observations about the process. 1. Decide if WordPress is going to work. Although there are still some elements I don’t know how to handle, I’m starting to think you can do just about anything with WordPress that you can do with any other site building software. […]
Suzie’s House 274 : Heart Pounding Madness – the Secret Life of Emma
How could she do it? How could Kate be so bold? Emma had sat in the chairs of the orchestra room during the audition with her heart in her throat. Even though it was only her friend up there in front of all these people, Emma’s hands had shook. Kate was so brave, muscling her way to the front to play the drums before the other drummers, and going on and on until they made her stop. She hadn’t dropped […]
The Serialists of August 22
Hey Nia, Got a graphic you’d like for me to use on your button? Normally I make people prove themselves a little longer before I make one, but I’m in the mood. Hang in there a couple of weeks with me, Ann. I’ve got something in mind. This is the hub for The Serialists, a meme for people who post original, serialized fiction on their blogs. If you have one or more posts you would like for us to read, […]
TracFone and the Heart Pounding Madness
Madness as in anger, that is. Tracfone ripped me off last week. I paid a hundred dollars for a one year card. I gave the card to The Girl for her phone. She told me it worked just fine. But then a couple days later she claimed they had given her the minutes/year then taken them back. But she kept the card. That should have been the tip off. They never gave her the minutes in the first place. When […]
