That was last November, and half a year later, people still aren't listening.... My cousin is still grateful for the five jabs that kept her Covid from being worse than it was. A friend is grateful that

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Aw, you too.... Interesting superstition! When Sister #3 was dying of stomach cancer, she kept holding out for the birth of her granddaughter. Kelly fought so hard and we kept hearing "this is it,

Funny thing. That same friend Andy. He really hoped his dad would live to see the next grandson... But that is another long, sad story, and you don't need to hear it. Just - you nail it! You speak for

Ok yeah, I had to look it up too: "Same Stuff Different Day" is the most common definition for SSDD on Snapchat...

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Ohhhh you express it so well - even if a loved one is almost age 100, it's hard to let them go. And this! "When you live on the other side of the world, far away from your family, every time you see

Oooh, I love this story too!!! So I sent a link to my cousin's son David Demro. He's a poet, and he would appreciate these haikus and this comment thread. I've been trying to lure him over to Hive. He

Love it! And as others already noted: your stories always leave us wanting more. Especially with a cliff-hanger ending like this: ..."You are a CRIMINAL. A PUBLIC ENEMY. A DOMESTIC TERRORIST"

I love #2 as well - (do plants "speak" to us) - especially after your mention of angelica (offlist). Would you mind if I quote it here: So I was out walking along the river a few days ago, and

Oh no, thanks for giving them the idea, LOL! They are one step ahead of us, or a giant leap ahead of us, always... Samuel Peralta's anthology by various authors, AI Chronicles, saw it all, in 2015. The

One poignant chapter (loss of sister) followed by another (loss of mentor, guru)! Missing word here: No matter how I shook him he did [[not]] come to. A few minutes later I heard his breathing halt completely.

So much is happening here! The dream vision is riveting. Interesting that after so many references to this sister, we get her name halfway through. Right before she apparently fulfills the dream. I never

Losing freelance jobs to AI - oh no! Librarians, card catalogs, bound periodicals - oh how last-century I am. Always something new to keep us from revisiting the classics - that used to be true - lately,

It was already getting bad years ago, when my friend started home-schooling five children... Four have graduated from college. One is still in high school. (Age 45 when #5 came along.) She got a $30,000

You already replied to my post on Adjacent Fields (teleportation) - and as always, your reply is a keeper! owasco (71) 2 years ago > We don't need gadgets to teleport. We are already everywhere. We

A novel that tackles that idea: Teleport Me: "Adjacent Fields" by Charles Barouch is terrifying and brilliant - Rave Review by Keangaroo oops, no, don't click on that one. It got DOWNVOTED and

When shipping and handling cost more than the item we send... Even the smallest gift's shipping cost would far exceed three bucks! So, I'm not including the shipping. I’ll teleport the gift to him. #TELEPORT

You're welcome, but please don't see as "corrections" what I see as comments or observations. :) Translations... so much is lost (or inserted!). You have a great imagination and descriptive powers.

Find answers online, or in books, or from some wise old man on a mountain top... Or, "Be still and know that I am God" - I've been reading for half a century, and much of those years have been