Percy Gets a Wild Hair
This is a story about Percy the awesome piglet. “Not Percy the Perfect Piglet?”, you may ask. Ha, ha! Percy is not perfect. In fact NOBODY is perfect. Piglets are awesome, amazing, curious, complex and many other interesting things. Percy is all of those things, too, but is is particularly awesome. To be honest, some days have moments that are a bit low on awesomeness. Sometimes Percy stubs his toe on the corner […]
Honey
HONEY “You Catch More Flies With Honey…” — Benjamin Franklin Sandra woke up on Saturday morning at 8:35 am precisely, her usual sleep-in-on-Saturday wake up time. She smoothed back her pink paisley sheets and sat on the edge of her bed. Saturdays almost always made Sandra smile. Saturdays were for sleeping. Saturdays were for snuggly sweaters and syrupy sundaes. Saturdays were for singing […]
Kitty Tales: Jumping Spiders
Emma’s bedroom was dark. Kitty and Harp Seal were propped on the pillows staring into the quiet room. They lay side by side untouched since the bed was made before Em left for school. “She’s not coming,” Kitty said. “She must be at Catherine’s tonight.” “No, she’s not coming,” Harp Seal agreed with a sigh. “We should […]
Kitty Tales: Harp Seal’s Room
“Emma,” Kitty whispered just into Emma’s left ear, “Emma, do you think that Harp Seal is asleep?” Without moving Emma replied, “Kitty, I am sure that Harp Seal is asleep. I am almost asleep and you should be asleep, too.” “But I need to talk to you, Emma. Can you talk to me real softly so you don’t wake […]
Kitty Tales: Best Parts
It was the best part of a roasty toasty April afternoon. Sunbeams trickled over Emma’s favorite rock spot at the woods edge. The rock summit offered a pleasant view of the bass pond. The cattails at the water’s edge were just sending up the first green stalks of the season. Robins mingled with doves and sparrows to peck […]
Kitty Tales: On Being The Oldest
It had been a long day at school for Emma. She plodded wearily up the stairs to her bedroom her backpack drooping off her right shoulder. As she pushed open the door to her bedroom she was startled to see Kitty jumping on the bed. “Kitty,” Emma said sternly, “You know jumping on the bed is illegal, not allowed. […]
Kitty Tales: The Dress
Emma lay tummy down on her bedroom carpet propped up by her elbows reading a book. Gray Kitty lay next to her on her back gazing at the bedroom ceiling. Kitty often spent hours looking at the ceiling keeping watch for the tiny black spider that lived in the corner by the bathroom door. The spider lived […]
Kitty Tales
Gray Kitty reached her natty gray paw over to touch Harp Seal on the head. The seal pup rolled over between the bed pillows and snuggled his silky white tail between the pillows. His deep brown resin eyes were wide open. Kitty patted seal’s stuffed white tummy and said, “Harp seal pup why are you so squirmy […]
Whosynut NewSeed
This story was written after I attended a meeting of a local charity. This group struggled with the problem of giving money to an organization where new people with different ideas might join the group and alter the mission. New ideas are sometimes delicious. WHOSYNUT NEWSEED The Whosynut Council was gathered together. Ms Whosynut Mouse […]