Archive for Archive for April, 2006
The Friends of the Library Book Sale
Dr. Pakensen arrived early, carrying a book bag. His textbook was no longer in print, but in college towns he could usually find one or two each time he went to a book sale. The fundamentals of chemistry never changed, but his Chemistry for the Non-Chemistry Major was dumped after five years. Stupid departmental politics. […]
Sauerkraut Dreams
“You ever eaten a hot sauerkraut sandwich?” asked Max Dolje. “Um, I don’t much care for sauerkraut.” “This is Mama’s sauerkraut,” he said. “Sit there.” Max pointed to a chair at the bar dividing the kitchen from the den. Tony was there to install a new dishwasher. He should have been back in town by […]
Norm
Do you suppose Norm’s wife ever says, “Not.One.More.Thing. You are not bringing one more thing into this house.” Norm Abram I’m in love with Norm, He’s my man. If Norm can’t built it, No one can. I’m in love with Norm, My husband understands. He’d marry Norman too, If he weren’t a man.
Roscoe
Roscoe hates the golf carts most of all. They’re sneaky. He doesn’t hear them until they hum past the house, and then it’s too late to sound the alarm. Now those rattling, clattering diesels, he hears them soon as they turn onto his street, so he has three blocks’ worth of barking before they get […]
The Gift
It wasn’t the sound of the coffee grinder that woke her, though sometimes it did. That rhythmic whirring as he gently shook the grinder, helping the spinning blades. It wasn’t the aroma of the freshly ground beans, or the brewing coffee that woke her, though sometimes it did. But what always woke her was his […]