"One suicide, one raspberry, and one lime n' orange."
"I need three tickets, honey."
"Mary, can I get one blue raspberry, one ice cream sandwich, and a Coke, please?"
"Sure, Coach, good game! That'll be one ticket and 50¢, please."
This year, Spring training's rebirth of baseball reminded me of the four summers my mom worked in sweltering heat making sno-cones at the little league's snack shack, proud of her little king of the mound.
Stories & Commentary | Fiction & Nonfiction
the unpredictable pencil of
needs to tell you a thing or six...
- Joe Gensle
- Stories Commentary Humor Drama Fantasy
Ideas sprout like wildflower seeds in an undiscovered meadow.
I calculate arrangements of words, the medium of artistic expression, here, colorizing language and dialect, and with visual regard for punctuation.
I seek a voice to find your ear or heart, hyperactivate your mind, challenge or bolster your values, aim at your deepest fears to electrify their vulnerabilities.
Your reaction is my reward, defines my success.
I give no less concentration or effort than you who paint, play piccolo, plant petunias or pan-fry potatoes.
"Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to." Somerset Maugham
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Know I'm left-handed, Roman Catholic, conservative Republican and don't apologize for it. If that's a deal-breaker, build a bridge and get over it; if you have a problem with it, you're right: You've got a problem. To invite yourself out, hit "Next Blog," above.
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