Flash Blog – March 27, 2023

graphx: spwilcen Triggers: a smidge of potty mouth and later a bit of bile Sorry No real post today.  I’ve [foolishly?] been devoting time to searching-out new bloggers to “follow;” bloggers more into the mechanics of creative writing than most.  I mean, not book reviewers and such.  Real creative writers.  Those [I believe this aContinue reading “Flash Blog – March 27, 2023”

Everyone is a Writer – February 1, 2023

spwilcen Kicked a Stone It’s true.  Everyone is a writer.  Precious few good ones.  A few more mediocre.  The uncountable rest working somewhere in the shadows of terrible. But “writers” all. Busted! [You say:] Look, you old grouch.  Everyone talks.  It’s natural.  Same with writing.  It’s natural. You cannot, you old bastid, declare most “writers”Continue reading “Everyone is a Writer – February 1, 2023”

Frozen Dessert – January 21, 2023

graphix: spwilcen Trigger: Language, politiciansTSG Approval: 2023-01-007-ERMLexiphobe Clearance: Don’t blink Calipers, Blades, and Mallets Pissing in the snow does not make lemon sorbet. What’s that mean? Take Politicians. People don’t like your horse?  Paint it blue, put a zit the size of a banana on its forehead, and it’s a unicorn.  Close enough. Consider MainStreamContinue reading “Frozen Dessert – January 21, 2023”

Kicked A Stone – May 8, 2022

graphix and pics: spwilcen Long walks and introspection are healthier than any little round Chemcomed thingey.  Put on your shift-kickers, don a light jacket, and wander a back road.  Best pre-dawn or as dusk implacably challenges daylight. Four personalities make decent social intercourse difficult if not impossible. Narcissists, mercenaries, politicians, and idiots. These very peopleContinue reading “Kicked A Stone – May 8, 2022”

Loose Change – February 22, 2022

Photo and graphix: spwilcen Loose Change Twenty-seven down: ten letters, begins with ‘P’ meaning socially bankrupt. Would that be ‘politician’ or ‘psychopath’? — Kicked a Stone Kicked loose a stone with my brogans and question popped-out:True enough I sometimes forget what I start out to do.Sometimes find out later whatever it was wasn’t my ideaContinue reading “Loose Change – February 22, 2022”

Odds And Ends – August 14, 2021

Saw on the news where “Murder Hornets” have shown-up in Washington State again.  Remember you heard it first here October 24, October 26, and December 11, 2020 from Bill Pointpen, WXPB, et al., courtesy of ZipFast. Great.  There wasn’t already enough on my mind with precious little mind to work with from the get-go.  IContinue reading “Odds And Ends – August 14, 2021”