Eyes judge, that is just what eyes do.
They look a person up and down
and by appearance, judge what’s true.
Continue readingPlan C: Chapter I
Plan C: The Meeting
Lizzie took a deep breath and looked at the clock. It was almost time to meet with her agent via Zoom and yet her father, Chuck, still sat at the kitchen table. Working on a crossword puzzle. It was as if he had no intention of moving from his spot. Yet, she needed him to move so that she could talk to her agent without an audience. She was nervous enough, she didn’t need an extra pair of eyes watching or ears hearing. Guilt about shooing him out of his own house prevented her from speaking up. Especially after the doctor’s news they received yesterday. But she just could not do this meeting with him in earshot and he was the one that insisted that she keep the meeting.
Continue readingAll it Took
One single time is all it took
someone said my writing was good stuff
that compliment was more than enough
I painstakingly undertook
to compile it all in a book.
Continue readingThe Question
“Great-grandma,” the girl asked with wide eyes, “what’s it like to be old?”
Her great-grandmother simply smiled and asked, “what’s it like to be young?”
Continue readingNone of my Business
They say, what others think of you
is not really your business.
Here is my take and witness,
this well-known saying may be true
but I’d like to add something, too.
Continue readingInternational Day ‘24
My little town’s boast is it is the “home of 56 nationalities.” It is quite the claim for a small Wyoming town and fairly true. To celebrate our origin, we have an International Day every year in July. Which I will take you to but first let me explain how we can make such a bold claim.
Continue readingWhen Goal Becomes Master
Every day I count –
I count my miles.
How many miles a day
do I walk?
I walk at least 5.
Continue readingNEW BOOK: The Accidental Poet Volume 2
Hey! I have a new book available at Amazon.
It is a collection of my poetry (2019-June 2024) first published on this little blog. There is a paperback and Kindle version now available.
Me
I admit,
Monday Me was brilliant.
That girl fired on all cylinders.
That smarty made plans and
unbreakable commitments.
There was no stopping that girl.
She was truly a bold and confident
force of nature.
Continue readingStory behind the post: Plan B
Welcome to July! The mid-month of the northern hemisphere summer (based on the traditional school calendar that still has a hold on so many of our schedules). This year, July also happens to be sandwiched in between two 5-Saturday months. Which means, here at ck’s days, it is in the middle of two 5-part short stories. And if you have been a reader of this little blog for a minute or two, you know I write short stories during the 5-Saturday months and you probably also picked up on the fact that when they are so close together like this, I tend to combine the stories into a 10-part short story. Much like that last sentence, the stories tend to get stretched a little thin. But I digress, let’s talk about last month’s short story first.
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ck's days 