Happenstance – April 4, 2023

spwilcen   Yawn. Oh!  Didn’t see you there!  Are you lost?  You know except in jest I’m not putting-up kitty pics.  Not telling you where Spot shit last night in a fit of pique. Guy walks into a bar… Nah.  Guy goes to the laundromat to (sheesh!) wash his clothes.  We get the gist of

If You are Interested – March 23, 2023

graphx: spwilcen PSA Just completed a link to the Fiction/noir page allowing access to the whole of “Puppetman” previously published as a six-part serial. In case you missed it. Or [snicker] in case you are a noir(police) fan and want to re-read it. Lexiphobes “Puppet Man” is too much of a challenge for you. While

Beware the “Smile” – January 19, 2023

graphix: spwilcen Didn’t make the cut for the “Fiction” tab.*  Needs work.  Won’t get it.  I’m done with it. Triggers: Language, cynicism, and innuendoTSG Approval: 2023-01-006-HoHumLexiphobe Clearance: Shy 300 words Smiles “Lookit!” “What am I supposed to see?” “Ronnie over there. Damned if he ain’t smiling at you.” “So?” “Means he’s glad to see you. 

Christmas Gifts Past – January 3, 2023

graphix: spwilcen Well look, it’s coming-up on Twelfth Night. Before that, it would be the proper thing to do to communicate again to gracious gifters how much I appreciate their thoughtfulness, creativity, and largesse. It might be a swell idea if I took another look at one or two that were, um, ah, unique.  You

Eye of the Beholder – July 9, 2022

graphix: spwilcen Larry and Roger “There’s a truck I ain’t seen before. Recognize it, Larry?” “What? Where, Rodge?” “There. Just turned off County Line Road onto Territorial.” “Oh. That’s Mrs. Elbert.  Lives over on Cawson road.  Her and Mr. Elbert farm about four-hundred acres behind the old Thornton place.  Raise hogs.” “Oh.  Know them.  Nice

OCW Episode X – July 1, 2022

graphix: spwilcen Episode X – One Down, Three to Go I watched Tommy Nondescript walk dejectedly down my driveway.  He turned at the curb, took two steps and was out of sight. I lost interest.  Did feel sorry for the man, working hard for a living and all, but was thankful his odd sense of

Go Figure – October 16, 2021

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Auntie Gwyneth was only a few years older than me.  That’s because her 1950’s Catholic parents were surprised late in life (go figure) with an unexpected bundle of joy. That bundle was Gwyneth. Gwyneth was born only a few years before her oldest older brother, my dad, and his wife,

Once Upon A Time No. 2 – October 21, 2020

Big Bad Got a Bum Rap “Yo, Pete!  Izzat you Pete?  Pete Peters?” “Guilty!”  I turned to see none other than Jacques Benstokk coming out of the High Sheriff’s Tax Assessment and Revenue Collections hut.  I’d unhappily finished my business there thirty minutes before.  Pumpkin farming stinko this year anyway, Chauncy Eldor, one of the