A response to Laurel B. Miller’s prompt — Before I was a Brownie or a Girl Guide I wore a Pepto Bismol mumu and called myself a Spark. Then this wise ole woman named Brown Owl — who liberally sprinkled her fist-sized cupcakes with Zoloft — sat me on a toadstool and officially declared me an Ember.* *This…

I take so much for granted — This morning I totaled my car. Yes, the one that I bought with only my womanly signature. The very same 7-month-old VW that I drove most of the way across Canada. It survived a logging road with ruts big enough to swallow an RV. It befriended ferry terminal staff and…

Oxymorons in the world of free photos — We’re all oxymorons. Okay, we’re all morons — with oxymoronic tendencies. So I’m not surprised that Unsplash is as human as the rest of us. Here are some of the mismatches I found on Unsplash. Maybe you’ve found even better ones? Funeral Remember hearing classmates singing, “Buck and Bambi-Joe sitting in…

All these years I thought it was only me who remembered — Adam Robinson showed us some of his top-secret love letters. This inspired Oscar Rhea to expose one of the steamy ones he had penned in his younger years. Little did anyone know that his previously clandestine message would reunite lovebirds. You know what Jeffrey Epstein maintained — “love always wins.” …

Say that fast 10 times — My article about swear words released a torrent. Okay, torrent may be a slight exaggeration. Five is a big number, right? Anyways, offered forth was a host of alternative words to use when you drop something on the floor. Or stub your toe on a jackhammer. Or piss yourself. …

Ghosting for the church is hard work — I’m probably going to Hell for this one. Well, for that and a few other reasons. I won’t get into the nitty-gritty at the moment. My parole officer hasn’t given me the all-clear. BichoDoMato prompted and I’m answering. He offered a number of images and instructed us to “go ahead…

Not everything is made in China — Dear American Government, Thank you for once again trusting that your northern neighbour — yes, with a U — is too stupid to conceive of, and release, a spy balloon. Go ahead, blame China. We don’t mind. We can appreciate that there’s been “issues” since we did your dirty work…

We needed these 3 famous freaks & we need your strange too — “Being different and thinking different makes a person unforgettable. History does not remember the forgettable.” Suzy Kassem Being different takes guts. Our society expects us to fit in, all be the same, and go through life like little discipline-coated soldiers in a never-meandering row. If you’ve ever been called a…