“Hey, good lookin’, what ya got cookin’ tonight?” At the sound of Darrell Ray’s cocky, teasing voice, Bebe gave him an unhurried glance. Then she took her time putting away an unread folder, turning off the fluorescent desk light and covering the typewriter. When everything was in order, she leaned back and met his gaze.It was way past the lumberyard’s two o’clock Saturday closing time. He was always the last hourly empl...

Sometimes I guess I am selfish, denying what is true. Or could be true. So many things have no definitive answers that I go crazy. But not technically crazy. I have been tested after all. So many tests. No actual answer. I'm fine. "You're fine." I get that "result" all the time. Everyone must see bright lights and hear high pitched whistles like those of a steam train that runs right through your brain. I am not clinicall...

The Cubs are going to kill me. First game of the 2016 WORLD SERIES and....did they not show up? This rant may take a minute and veer off road. Just a heads up. I grew up in a state that's real big on football and basketball. Baseball? No. But Chicago's only 40 miles away. White Sox? I hate Sox. Their color doesn't matter. Chicago Cubs. Red, white and blue. That's my team. In 2007, I stopped watching baseball. All of my fa...

My daughter is in 2nd grade. Last week I received a note in a sealed envelope from her teacher. Extremely confidential. It read something like..."Your child has achieved a major accomplishment in which an award will be received at Tuesday's award ceremony. This is to be a surprise. Please do not tell your child."Wow. She's getting a major award!! I couldn't stop my mind from wondering and dreaming of what her great accomp...

I am so tiredOf tryingOf cryingOf tryingI can't anymoreNo fightingNo rightingNo fightingWhy the struggleI give upCan't do itI give up

I swear! Buncha babies! It seems as you get older, the tendency to gossip in cliques and then "hate" on others, doesn't go away. I wonder if it is because I work alone, that I am the outsider. I think I've always been different, and that's why I work alone. Why would I care how you wear your hair? It's hot. Stay cool. It's a job. Safety first. I am supposed to look to you for guidance, yet you keep me in the dark and clai...

There are some subjects I stay away from. I avoid them like the plague. Politics and religion are the things I steer clear of. Earlier this week, I commented on a quote by Oscar Wilde. I like most quotes I’ve seen from him, but the danger is that they are taken out of context. I’m not sure if this was in or out of context, but the quote was “every sinner has a future every saint has a past”. I actually quite like this quo...

In the face of the most recent massacre in the US, the unbelievable senseless loss of such young lives, as well as the lives of the teachers trying to protect them. I have to wonder what this world is coming to, and what kind of people will inherit it. When did it become easier to grab a weapon, and open fire on a multitude of innocent victims, than it is to accept our own short comings and learn to deal with it? Or to se...