Listless
Grocery Store Aisle Image via Pixabay Creator Peggy CCIFlash Fiction Eric checked his pockets again, then added chocolates to the cart. From another aisle came a bouquet of flowers. After wandering a bit, he found the card section and selected one that seemed special....
Light
Photo Credit: MrMiniBike at PixabayLight Like cockroaches in the glare of sudden kitchen light, they scattered and skittered into cracks and holes, disappearing into dark places and retreating from the stuttering roar. Left behind in their hurry were backpacks...
Muse
Jello Brain, Left (Logic) and Right (Creativity) on Plates. MuseI often refer to "my muse" or "the muse." Henceforth, I will just refer to "Muse" as if it were another person. Muse exists in my head, almost like a person and without it, my writing would be...
Sweet Dreams
Dreams - Photo by MJ LoganSweet dreamsthey flee before my eyesIn battle for conscious statewhen sated is my need for sleepbut wanting slumber still and deep. Where did they go?Whence did they come?These moments of claritywhen vision of realityis more than truth. Sweet...
Pheasant Under Glass—NOT
Photo of Winter Pheasant by Lost in Fog at Flickr.comIt is the day after Christmas sometime in the late 1990s. We are heading home from northern Wisconsin back to Illinois and my wife Margaret is driving the pickup. There are two dogs in the cab and I'm half dozing,...
Everything Changes—Everything Stays the Same
Photo of Skateboard by Warren R.M. StuartI remember when I was a kid, sometimes you'd give a girl a ride on your bike. She could sit on the handlebars or side-saddle on the main bar. If you had a book rack, she could sit on that too which was really nice because she'd...
The Tangled Mess
The tangled mess of yarn as Muse envisioned when my boss declined help with her computer.Photo of Tangled Yarn by Artethgray Licensed 2012The mind's eye creates images in less than an instant. You see something, you hear something and the picture forms, and then it...
Heartbeats
A Male Eastern Bluebird Sitting on a Branch. Photo of Bluebird by Scottslm at Pixabay.comOnce upon a lifetime ago, I was a remodeling contractor. I built all sorts of things for people and redid their kitchens and bathrooms, finished their basements ,and built decks...
Willy’s Spaghetti
Willy, short for Willy The Wonderful Waterdog Leaps off the boat to chase a throwing dummy. The still picture lacks the proper perspective as his tail never stopped wagging, even when he leaped or swam. Photo by MJ Logan.Willy's Spaghetti Willy was a member of our...
The Bathroom
Once upon a lifetime ago, I was a remodeling contractor. I used to meet all kinds of people, go into their homes and tell them how to make them more beautiful or help them fix their problems. I'd size up the cars in the driveway and the exterior of the house, make...