Lonely Planets

We are 7.8 billion lonely planetary bodies, circling each other, affected by gravity, pushing and pulling against each other to stay on course. We are 7.8 billion separate ecosystems, struggling to co-exist, trying to make sense of our environment, attentive to our own needs, less so to others. We are 7.8 billion conscious beings, waiting

Kim’s Game

Serena, turned off the TV, forcefully proclaiming her boredom, making Grandad, close his Kindle, smile at Serena and say ” How would you like to play a memory game, it’s fun to play as well as good exercise for your mind”. Grandad, asked Serena to remain seated while he searched the house for objects to

Table Talk

Setting: My daughters house, family celebration of the triplets 15th birthday, Brianna, Kayleigh and Devin. Fourteen people seated around the dinner table. Devin: Are kitchen cabinets made in the factory. Grandad: They can be made in a factory or custom crafted. Why do you ask. Mom: Devin’s into carpentry. He made his own bookcase. Devin:

The Tea Party

” Polly, if it’s not too much trouble, can you please put the kettle on, we are expecting the queen for high tea this afternoon”. “I would be delighted to, my dear Sukie, it’s not every day the queen visits, and we must do our best to make her comfortable”. The boys were not very

Liars and Thieves-Book Review

I’ve read and followed many interesting bloggers since joining WordPress in March, 2018. Each writer/blogger claiming their own space from prose to poetry, horror to sci-fi, self help to self awakening, religion to fantasy, and so on and so on. We are a very imaginative group. One such blogger/writer I have followed for a while