Category Archives: Stories & Brief Tales

Even I know that the old stories can become stale… Winnie the Pooh, Wind in the Willows, Ann of Green Gables… And if I know it, then certainly my kids did… “Did I ever tell you about the time that … Continue reading →

“It’s the name of a song, no?” she asked. He smiled, “Song?” and shook his head and continued to look toward the horse farm on the other side of the split rail fence.  They loved to sit on their deck … Continue reading →

The only invention as perfect as the English Sonnet… he knew little of sonnets.  “Shakespeare wrote them,” he thought.  “But I know a fair amount about Martinis”.  And that is to what the great American writer of letters, H.L. Mencken was referring, when … Continue reading →

“I thought the custom was to fart after the meal.”  I could feel my nostrils burning, “I think my nose hairs just fell out…” Raymond tucked into his pastrami on rye, took a swig of his Dr. Brown’s Cel-ray Tonic, … Continue reading →