This comes from my short story in progress, Divinae Bovinae. The ex-husband outlived his unfaithful wife and all her illicit lovers. At her funeral the minister asked if anyone could offer a few words of cheer about her, not mournful, but more like a blessing. This stumped all those in the chapel who had already put on their ‘sad’ faces. After a few moments of restless silence, the ex husband stood and approached the podium. He offered this: “You and I married Then got a divorce, ‘Cause me, … [Read more...]

I write stuff. Each piece of stuff is a story. I also design houses. Each house has at least one storey. I distinguish the two with the ‘e’ after the ‘r.’ This is the standard spelling in every English speaking country except America. A ‘storey’ is defined as any level of a building (upper or lower level) which is flat (level) and can be used for living and working space. An article written about a level in a building where stuff is written: and in that building the lower level leans... READ … [Read more...]

I celebrate my birthdays with only one candle. It means 'goodbye' to the old year, and to the next year, "Bring it." … [Read more...]

I’ve just gotten hold of the two long awaited smartphone operating systems for presidential elections. One is called Hilly Bean, the other Trumpy Comb. I’ll be doing a side by side comparison of the virtual assistant offered by each. Each virtual assistant has the unique ability to hear its owner simply speak aloud the first word of a sentence, sense the core message, then type it out as an automatically completed text or email. For this test I will use only one sentence. I’m manually … [Read more...]