Good morning, everyone! It wasn't long until my other team in Rabona - Straw Hat Pirates - was also destroyed in LOC. As they say, one evil never comes alone. Image by Maureen Sobrino - Source This jolly

Well, not quite - our friend Tam in South Africa organised a meal for us through Wolt - the delivery service. It was one of the hottest days yet - temperature reaching 38 degrees and we had moved from

I dance, I strut On two legs with a ball I'll clear the hoop and walk in loops I'll do great tricks for you. I'll sit, I'll lay I'll spin circles with fancy curly Q's. I'm bred to entertain, and mesmerize

I can't say which is worse, snot or boogers? My best friend dated a man years ago. When she first met him at work he was laying carpet for her current boss at a car dealership. She would talk to me about

Some dates look at you differently and you know extinctively that they are a tad on the desperate side. Their crazy eyes bleed out a desperation their words may suppress. Online dating takes that to a

The man at the end of town has more cats than anyone in the town. He has a long white beard and smokes a pipe like my grandfather did. The folks named him Methuselah and shake their heads at the site of

It's 10:00 am and I've been here since 7:30, before anyone else has been here. The sixth floor is quiet when I arrive but now a good 40 people are present and I hear other representatives on phone calls

You'll find me in the cleft hidden from the fury. My heart a vault sealed away from rage and pointless hate, opens like the sun, radiant from showers sworn to conquer night. My footprints washed by tides

Life is like a salad. You can make it whichever way you like; head lettuce, sprouts, ham, carrots, eggs, croutons, cucumbers, onions, radish, spinach, cranberries or tomatoes, just add ingredients. Maybe

A shimmer travels 'cross my pillow; moonbeams flood the room. Clouds flit o'er the face of that far off satellite in smiles. I let shadows dance 'round me. Shadow puppets from my fingers tell stories.

My water well is full of sulfur and minerals where I rent. I live in the country and this house is not tied to the local septic or water lines. What does it mean to have a sulfar loaded well? The water

Adulting is hard, damn hard. Part of raising children is teaching the adult child to face up to the consequences of poor choices and deciding to allow them to suffer the consequences of their own financial

I wouldn't say I have an awful boss, except he shows up late and hungover every day. He's really quick on solving issues (when he doesn't sleep through management meetings). He makes friends easily. Take

She drove as fast as she could without running red lights. Her slim fingers gripped the steering wheel with white knuckle intensity. Her heart raced and she cursed the upcoming red light. Her thoughts

She leaned into give her husband a good night kiss. He pulled keys from his pocket and grabbed a lunch bag quietly exiting by the front door. His job as police officer went like this. Long ago, she used

The eagle soared, wide wings filtering the cool air as she road invisible currents to her advantage with eyes pealed toward small animals foraging below. Her duty was to the eaglets tucked in the mountain

The stealthy fox krept closer to the vision of abundance he smelled on a hot breeze hours before. He ate last three days ago and his hide felt pasted to rib cage. Finally his search was nearly done. If

Little Underground Stalagmites at Put-In-Bay, OH. May 18, 2019 A surprise invite to a group of small islands in Ohio, USA named Put-In-Bay rewarded me and my friends with numerous exciting events. One

Trapped! Country dwellers such as myself are all too familiar with unwelcome guests. One of these is the common house mouse. I am very familiar with the telltale signs of a mouse invasion and the resultant

I entered the empty house feeling goose bumps on my arms. My footfalls left puffs of dust in the streaks of sunlight stretched across the vacant living room. The last time I came through these doors I