Once upon a time, my family had a woody. (How’s that for a vague but potentially questionable opening line?) In the interests of fair disclosure and the avoidance of retroactive investigations by Child Protective Services, I should point out that the “woody” in this case refers to a […]
Evan wiped away a tear, the wetness and the action long unfamiliar. “I didn’t know. How could we have been so wrong?” Maggie sighed, action familiar, constant over the years. “Because we were stupid. We wanted to blame her and we did. It was easier than blaming ourselves.” […]
Click here to read this story from the beginning. Brief Re-Cap: We have been waiting endless days for a contractor to show up and repair the death-potential factor of the damaged electrical wiring in our house, with said damage courtesy of an aggressive, ice-laden, big-ass neighbor tree limb […]
Click here to read this story from the beginning. Brief Re-Cap: Partner and I have just discovered that a big chunk of neighbor-tree has just fallen on the utility lines in our backyard, not quite snapping said lines but perilously close to doing so… After recovering from […]
Click here to read this story from the beginning. Brief Re-Cap: Annoyed by the loss of our TV signal due to an alarming snowstorm, I have just dashed out the back door, intent on some vague form of resolution… I’m only on the back patio for roughly […]
Click here to read this story from the beginning. Brief Re-Cap: In my apparently unending quest to simply drive out of my neighborhood during a snowstorm and purchase a few food staples at a local supermarket, I have encountered a few obstacles. My current station of the cross? […]
Click here to read this story from the beginning. Brief re-cap: I’m in my car in the midst of a rare Texas snowstorm, currently trapped at an intersection that is possibly a portal to the Demon World, and I appear to be the only human left on the […]
Click here to read this story from the beginning. So, I’m sitting in my vehicle parked under our ice-caked carport, waiting for the damn thing to warm up because it’s freaking cold. Two minutes ago, I had been all bubbly about my quest to raid the local […]
Explanatory Note: This is the first installment of a multi-part saga I scribbled many years ago. I don’t think I’ve ever shared any of this increasingly-twisted tale on Bonnywood, but I may be mistaken. In any case, enjoy… So, we woke up on a Thursday, startled to […]
Archives, once again… University of Tulsa. 1984, maybe 1985. Let’s call it the winter of 84-85, because it was cold. Inhumanely cold. Certain death if not adequately protected while outside, that sort of cold. I’m sure the lovely folks in Canada would scoff at our misery, judging […]
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