Honorable is the ability to suffer life’s universal indignities and to do so without blaming others.

I bought a bag of air today for $5.29. The company that filled the bag was kind enough to put a few potato chips in it, too.

Ill from a severe cold or not, some work must be done in order to maintain a yard and so it doesn’t get too overgrown. With that in mind, Collier shoved the walk-behind lawn mower out the back door, filled it with unleaded gasoline and tugged six or seven times on its pull cord causing…

When one door closes, another opens — however the hallways remain a bitch.

The pen is mightier than the sword — but action speaks louder than words.

Soul aching, Dreaming of bucolic home, Green grass, greener trees, Blue sky and cotton cloud. Only the hint of a breeze Drifting in from a Pacific sea. Survival mounted on brackets and remembrances of youth: Uncoiled and coiled rope, Burning cow-hair stink, Early morning chores, Cattle lowing, Yellow porch light, And nighttime. Five year hitch,…

Out of sight, out of mind — and forever lost.

Due to technology and because we fear becoming dinosaurs, we are  becoming sheep.

Tom had done what he could to donate the heavy, electric wheelchair taking up space in his tiny garage. The first outfit had a truck, but lacked manpower and a ramp to load the beast, while the second flatly refused to pick it up. That night, Tom dreamed that the heavy, electric wheelchair followed him…

Our talkative host, suddenly silent, rose from his chair, and fled the table towards the bathroom, leaving his gathered dinner guests bewildered. His concerned wife pursued after him. They sat, mostly in silence, waiting. Eventually, she returned to the table, soon followed by the husband. He held a wet washcloth to his mouth. “He bit…