While driving home from taking care of my grand-kids I was almost rear-ended by a guy speeding down the freeway. The experience became the idea for this story. Joel Anderson loved driving cars fast. You bet he did. So when his old man died and left him eleven thousand dollars, he took the money, wentContinue reading “Road Rage”
Monthly Archives: August 2015
Butterflies Danced
The day was cloudy and peaceful and still There was a sense of immanent rain in the air A calm before the storm it may have seen Yet the garden was alive with bright flowers so fair And among the floral blossoms butterflies danced their way through Adding more color to the beauty already soContinue reading “Butterflies Danced”
Quiet Summer Morning
The morning was so quiet you could hear the bees buzzing You could almost hear the butterfly’s wings fluttering too The sun was floating low in the east Suspended like an orb of soft rosy hue A walker out strolling slowed his pace to a crawl Soaking in the peaceful presence and the magic ofContinue reading “Quiet Summer Morning”
Still Waters Run Deep
My neighbor in an apartment building I lived in some years ago took the bus into downtown Minneapolis early every work day and came home via bus usually around 9:00 pm every night. He was very quiet and we only spoke in passing. I often wondered what his life was like. It gave me theContinue reading “Still Waters Run Deep”
Boundary Waters
I was wondering what it would be like to take a canoe trip up in the Boundary Waters. I’d last been up there in the early 60’s on a canoe trip out of West Bearskin Lake with my brother and some friends through the YMCA. This story is the end result. “Holy crap,” Lonny JohnsonContinue reading “Boundary Waters”
The Performance Review
In the spring of this year I took an online writing course which jump started my interest in writing fiction. This story is one I submitted for an assignment to write a 1000 word story. It’s based on the years I spent working for Honeywell. David Jasper Collingsford strolled arrogantly down the hall and knockedContinue reading “The Performance Review”