A Short Story… While my wife slept the night away, I was up repeatedly to pee of course, but only because I was actually awake and listening to the rain and more. The trees were in constant motion, I didn’t see any limbs come down, but I was willing to bet in the daylight there […]
Waiting with a Little Hope for the Best
A Short Story… Jessie had gone to bed early. He worried and worried and then his eyes grew heavy and slowly his breathing began a familiar movement as the muscles in his neck relaxed and he slept. In the morning . . . too soon in the morning, his eyes opened and Jessie’s mind went […]
A Wife’s Birthday Greeting
A Short Story… As soon as I heard my wife leave the house I got out of bed. I had been pretending to sleep. I was proud of myself for preparing to celebrate her birthday. I had things all planned in my head. I should have known that my head was the wrong place to […]
From Being Ignored to Being Best Friends
A Short Story… Did you ever have friends you felt sorry for? They had certain habits . . . a funny voice, odd movements or reactions that just made you cringe. They joined in singing and they were always off key. People might just keep away from them but they became your friends and you […]
The Snits Battles
A Short Story… My mother used to complain about some of my friends and even a cousin or two arguing. It struck me that she and her sister must have had a snit or two in their early days and probably even more when they were darn near or completely grown. Having a snit was […]
Books Stores Are Dangerous
A Short Story… Jerry had a problem. He had loved books ever since he was a child. He married a woman who also loved to read. As they aged however, they had eye and other medical problems. Jerry’s wife Malinda had died six months earlier and now he just felt like he would be heading […]
Xanadu Transports the Audience to Laughter and Music
Peg looked up the movie Zanadu on Wikipedia for background. From what we saw, the Tacoma Musical Playhouse production is much more fun . . . and sillier. Imagine dancing and singing and acting on roller skates. Not the metal ones that latched onto your shoes when you were but a young kid, but the […]
Centerstage has done it again – Miss Holmes Sparkles
Come see the bubbly Trista Duval as the staid, intellectual Sherlock Holmes. Of course, the words staid and “intellectual don’t really apply since she is like a butterfly, flitting from one thought to three others. She just plain sparkles. After watching and reviewing a different Holmes and Watson production with female detectives in Olympia, Don […]
Ida, short for Nothing Else
A Short Story… Ida, really short for nothing, raised giggles and became quite a hit in school, mostly because of the black and white films of the 1940s. Ida Lupino had been a major film and TV star. Ida wasn’t a name thought up by her parents for the film star of raw emotion, tough-talking, […]