Tag: tale
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November 15, 2009 03:49 PM EST --
Sunshine grew up rather acrobatic and was quite fantastic at Bingo. She thought all the Nuns Mothers, so when any family tried to adopt her, she made sure the application made a detour into the incinerator. . . .
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November 16, 2009 03:13 PM EST --
Yeah, yeah, it's all about you -- admit it!
You must be in every comment. Ann's comments must include Ann; Susan's must include Susan, Doug's must include Doug, Mustafa's must include... . . .
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January 04, 2009 12:40 AM EST --
Tony the black kitty has been visiting us over winter vacation. Soon he'll go live with B-Dawg again. In the meantime he and old Foxy have gotten closer. He has toned down a bit and Foxy now consents . . .
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November 16, 2009 04:56 PM EST --
Sunshine had to walk a mile for a camel and decided to take a coffee break. The waiter served the coffee and said, “One hump or two,” and Sunshine’s chaperone slapped his wrist with . . .
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November 17, 2009 03:59 PM EST --
Very few have the courage to face a wild elephant and even fewer paint their toenails. The danger signs were plastered photographs on the walk of fame that should have explained, but they were tightly . . .
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September 27, 2009 03:20 PM EDT --
Once again work has interruped my fun. I haven’t had time to do a freewrite the past two days, so here is one of my old stories.
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Arms loaded with firewood, Kurt pushed open the door to . . .
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October 02, 2009 01:42 PM EDT --
This Island Tale will use only THREE CHARACTERS, all male, whom I have arbitrarily (because I can do that sort of thing) chosen from the usual "cast", and SHORT comments .
The . . .
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October 14, 2009 07:11 PM EDT --
Today's tale is dedicated to the recently deceased William Safire, whose excellent book on words and their usage was called In Love With Norma Loquendi. ( Norma Loquendi means everyday speech). . . .
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November 14, 2009 05:27 PM EST --
“Ralph, you’re going to have to take the cow to the market and sell her.” His mother was hunched over the kitchen table looking at what they had to eat. “We’re out of . . .
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December 03, 2007 02:08 AM EST --
One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between 2 wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, . . .
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September 07, 2008 08:07 PM EDT --
I have 5 wonderful grandkids. Their names are Spud, Turtle, Yoda, Princess Sausage and Snail. Princess Sausage asks me how she got her name.
It seems when she . . .
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November 21, 2008 01:40 PM EST --
I was a young newlywed anxious to impress my new in-laws. I invited both sides of the family for Thanksgiving dinner and refused any offers of assistance. I only asked for their favorite recipes and assured . . .
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October 17, 2009 09:35 PM EDT --
This afternoon we went to the theatre to see Where The Wild Things Are. The kids have been asking to see it for a couple weeks now and were really looking forward to it.
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I remember loving . . .
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July 25, 2009 10:52 AM EDT --
Ann C. proposed a twist to this 30th tale: making up words which have to be used throughout the tale. I'm not sure we want 100 fake words, so let's vary her idea and try this ---> each . . .
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August 03, 2009 09:53 AM EDT --
For yet another sunny Gather Island Tale, your silliness is hereby encouraged.
This week on the Island, everyone's thinking about food. Problem is, this food only appears in combinations . . .
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March 24, 2008 09:37 PM EDT --
I ought to tell you that I love you. But if I do, you'll have to hem & haw and either lie with an I love you of your own or you'll be honest and I'll get mad and we'll . . .
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August 03, 2008 08:21 PM EDT --
The UnGodly
© Robert Charles Burnham
I have to admit that I never thought I would die. Even as Death came for me this morning, just before sunrise. It wasn't . . .
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October 13, 2008 01:38 PM EDT --
Some people ignore Boats. They say they don't care about them. They don't affect them.
That is so far from the truth.
We are like the fish in the . . .
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June 08, 2009 03:39 AM EDT --
Act 1:
Stephen S. Saltway loves money more than his wife. He's too cheap to have a mistress and only likes women and men who pick up the tab. Totally nondiscriminatory, and you could say he is friendless. . . .
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June 17, 2009 03:58 AM EDT --
Act IV
A tear fell on the face of a past president, as Doobie handed the $30 to Mr. Tribble, who had a rather large frog in his throat. His a hems were a bit annoying, but he was from Quebec. Mr. Saltway . . .
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