Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often? I first heard this quote in a song about ten years ago and it has stuck to my brain like glue ever since. “if a tree don’t fall on me, I’ll live till I die” I live by this quote for…
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Do you ever wonder what lives here?
I do a lot of hiking and woods walking in Indiana and Michigan. Sometimes I’m looking up at the sky, fascinated by how vast it is and colorful. Most of the time I’m looking in places most don’t think about as they pass by. Those small crevices under roots and decaying logs. At a hole…
The Beaver
With a slap of the water, ripples shimmer in the moonlight. “Go away, beaver, this is our river,” shouts he. The beaver calmly floats to the shoreline and takes a seat in the grass next to the two fellows sitting dazed by the river. “It’s not your river, nor is it mine,” the beaver says….
The Creek Behind the School
I grew up in Claypool Indiana, a small farm town covered on all sides by cornfields and small patches of woods. It was a typical small town. The kind of place where everybody knew everybody. There was a good amount of kids in town my age and we always had something to do. Most of…
Rainy Potatoes
I’ve got potatoes over a covered fire, as the rain drips and pours. Sorrow it will send, if the steaks don’t hit the grate. It will be nothing but baked potatoes, over a fire, in the rain, in the end.
Between Fields & Cities
Driving through; you wonder what you may see in those dim tangles of trees. Going fast down the highway; it’s like time floats in weightless formation in a sea of fields. Rounding a curve too fast; we see lakes & rivers as the centerpiece for lasting destruction. Accelerating from randomized functions; sides of the road…
Reedsy Prompt: Android Story
I wrote a story that I submitted on https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/82/submissions/56050/ from the prompt: Write about an android just trying to blend in with their human companions. At first, I read through the prompts and nothing at all came to mind for either prompt. After a few days passed, I read them again and suddenly, like a…
Rambling Intorduction!
Well, here we go folks! It’s time to start typing these thoughts and ideas I’ve had stored in the slimy organ between my ears and release them into the vast world of the internet like a swarm of knats. Hopefully some of you eat a few! Please excuse me if you find grammatical, spelling, and…
Slug Words 