Tag: Getting Older

The Alpha Dog

It is 5:00am. I wake to the sound of scratching on my bedroom door. It is granddog Milton Barry and it’s potty time. I lament the fact that I gave him the second cup of hot coco the night before. He yips at me like I am not moving fast enough as I stagger through the house to the back door in the dark. I manage to find most of the household furniture with my shins. Standing on the back deck in the rain I find that this was once again another clever ruse he uses to get outside so he can chase whatever trespassing animal might be in our yard. Blasted dog! He pretends to be deaf as I yell for him to return. He only has a brain the size of a walnut.

Tags Family Life, Getting Older, Pets or Pests?

Inspirational Stories

Choices

Isaac Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion is: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

I have been known to be a grouch at times, maybe even a curmudgeon or as my kids likes to call me, Debbie Downer. I tend to pessimistically see the glass as half empty.

Tags Getting Older, Snips

Satire Stories

As I Lay Under the Stars

Audio Version, author’s voice.

As I lay on my back under the stars I wonder, “Is that the Aurora Borealis or is my headache causing my vision to shift?”

As I lay on my back under the stars I wonder, “Is that the space station or a really, really, really high jet and if I had a flashlight could it see my twinkling light shining up at it?”

Tags Getting Older, Snips

Satire Stories

Industrial Ears

It was a wonderful time in life, being in my own little world. There we sat, my wife and I, across the table from each other in a noisy pizza parlor. A live band played at the end of the room and the customers at each table were shouting to be heard. It was a potpourri of noise.

Tags Family Life, Getting Older

Satire Stories

The Duffer

My wife says I drive a duffer car. It’s a 2005 Hyundai XG350 which I bought from my stepdad and it’s not at all sporty like the cars young kids drive but who cares, I’m 65. I think she just gets cranky when she follows me in her sporty Prius C and the whole way I am driving 5 mph under the speed limit with my left turn signal on.

Tags Getting Older, Snips