Countdown to a Ten_I Just Watched_Betrayed_Bennie outsmarts the squirrel
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Countdown to a Ten
One of those long boring cross-country trips again. Not much to do while passing the time. He waves at the occasional truck driver coming the other way, keeping an eye out for desert critters that might choose to run out in the front of the car. Beautiful scenery, an arrow straight two-lane highway that stretches across the desert, five miles or so to the horizon.Easy enough to be bored, mile after mile of the same thing. He uses those little lists to keep himself awake. Top ten lists.Let’s see now. He wanted to see a red eighteen wheeler. There goes one www.onedoor.ccnow. Wave at the driver. Wonder where h...
I Just Watched
He said it was something that I wouldn’t like, but I had to go. “It was just the way life is and pretending it ain’t, isn’t going to change it any.” My father believed that there were those born good, some born bad, most just waiting to see which way the wind would blow them. It was those he said you had to watch out for, cause they weren’t grounded in anything but what they got told to believe.I remember that day. It had rained earlier; the clouds finally give out and let the sun in. It was so hot that my skin was melting, looked like butter in the dish, all droopy. After a rain, the air get...
Betrayed
The wedding day arrived, so did my joy and happiness as the red carpet graced her entrance. Time was slow when I saw my 'lady in white'. I was impatient to have her all day. The weird looking short priest lost concentration, because of the smile on her face.At last, the long awaited 'kiss your bride moment is here'. The spontaneous reactions of people, made me shy. Her breathing rhythm increased when I patiently reached her lips, receiving the most passionate kiss ever, aside the kiss of out first encounter in the sheets.At night, I secured the home, jovially climbed my way up to the bedroom. ...
Bennie outsmarts the squirrel
And yet another grey day. Sure would be nice to see some blue sky and maybe even some shadows. This is winter in Vermont, long, cold, and grey. A black and white world that can dampen the spirit even in the best of times. It was not the best of times. Bennie complained of his lack of energy and aching joints constantly."You need to get up and move more, Martha told him, things stiffen up if you don’t move about," Martha repeated these words each day for the past several months but it was as if he didn’t hear her anymore. The truth was he was getting too old to keep up with all that needed to b...