• My Cousin Elmo says, “When the moon hits your eye like it’s 4:45, it’s November.”

  • Shining

    It was as dark as Hades as he approached the underpass. The shaft was even darker. He could see illumination at the far end, and that gave him hope. It meant people, and where there were people, there was safety, food, and fire. Slowly he walked down the passageway, hugging the wall. He couldn’t see…

  • So Much for “The Customer is Always Right…”

    It is the worst customer service that I have ever experienced. Yesterday, I purchased an item from this place right over the border in California. I got it home and found that it did not work. So today, I took it back and asked if I could get a refund. The young woman behind the…

  • My Cousin Elmo says, “Instead of Facebook jail, let’s call it Metapause.”

  • A Haunting

    Since childhood, Angela had dreamed of this particular house, the flagstone walkway, and the wrap-around porch with its swing near the front door. It was only a dream as she entered and wandered about the busy home, children like herself racing from room to room. As she grew older, so did this continuous dream. She…

  • My Cousin Elmo says, “I wanted to cook up some alligator stew, but all I have is a crockpot.”

  • My Cousin Elmo says, “When life gives you lemons, it’s time to make hard lemonade.”

  • Fragmented

    Driving down Six-Mile Canyon Road was more familiar to me than the trip up to Virginia City, and as it was dark, I was not relishing the idea of doing so. I had just passed an old house on my left, noting the lights and thinking in all the months I traveled this route, I’d…

  • My Cousin Elmo says, “The person who invented autocorrect should burn in hello.”

  • Vibrate, a Sunday Morning Haibun

    Jus’ a Sunday morning thought… when you talk to God then He hears from the Heavens but nay-sayers laugh Scientists working in the field of Quantum Physics discovered the vibration of your voice affects molecules in stars on the edge of our Universe. This phenomenon is known as Quantum Entanglement. Still, others call this prayer.