Very Short Stories

Ignoring the World

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

One voice, one girl
Sitting all alone
not caring who you are
She’s ignoring the world
and playing her guitar
Don’t want to do anything
but sing and play
The stress and the drama
it all goes away
Not worried about makeup or nails
instead she sings about her trials and tales
One voice, one girl
Singing with her guitar
ignoring the world . . .

This Strange Old Man

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

Every community has one. Ours does. He is the community stranger. Ours is an old man, a strange old man. His old suit is well mended and clean, but he seems a bit different than you and me. His gruffy, scruffy dog is always at his side.
We are not sure where he comes from, or [...]

Some Folks Age Gracefully

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Some folks age gracefully.
I am not one of those people.
Tonight I took one look in the mirror and realized that the gray hairs I was seeing could no longer be confused with gentle highlights.
Now some folks look great with gray sprinkled through their hair.
I am not one of those people.
I grabbed my keys, jumped in [...]

Valuable Lesson Learned

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Someone was watching out for us here in our little corner of the world today.
Our home is at the top of a fairly long curved driveway, which is pretty steep. The driveway is paved and curls around the back, for easy access to our shop.
I left my truck there right at the corner of the [...]