Flowers

No Special Reason

Kammi loved purple, but she wished everybody didn’t try to associate that beautiful color with something she had no interest in.  A good start would be just not having anyone ask, “And how is Mr. Barney today?”. . .

By |February 24th, 2014|Categories: Flowers|Tags: , |Comments Off on No Special Reason

A Little Loopy

Edward was suddenly feeling a little loopy.  The nectar must have been here a little longer than usual and fermented. Imagine that; false dragonhead blooms beer! Would this, he wondered, be considered a micro brew . . . ?

By |February 18th, 2014|Categories: Bugs, Flowers|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on A Little Loopy

Therefore I Am

Kendra’s friends all teased her unmercifully about having sat down in the orange paint, even inferring that perhaps she was not qualified to be a bee.  Her only answer was “I buzz, therefore I am . . . “

By |February 4th, 2014|Categories: Bugs, Flowers|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Therefore I Am

Tight Knit Family

Even though they had lost their home in the economic crash, their jobs, their health insurance, and their doctor, they still had each other, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.  They could be electronically miserable along with thousands of others all over the world in real time . . .

By |January 31st, 2014|Categories: Flowers, Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Tight Knit Family

Ancestry.com

Johnny was consumed with his heritage, and to get answers, he had signed up for ancestry.com.  He had reached the end, and it looked like he was related to Barry Goldwater, the conservative Arizona senator; Marian Berry, the disgraced coke-snorting D. C. mayor; Barry Manilow; or Chuck Berry.  He was pretty sure it was not all of them . . .

By |January 28th, 2014|Categories: Flowers, Politics, Texas|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Ancestry.com

The Blues

Outwardly, they were beautiful and happy, but knowing summer was soon ending, at their core, they were blue . . .

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