Anne checked her watched and stifled a growl of frustration. She paced around the kitchen one more time before making her decision and walking up to the bathroom door and hammering on it with one fist. “Come on, Farley!” she hollered through the door. “You have been in there twenty minutes already.” “Bathroom time is…
Author: littlegentian
This Week Ten Years Ago
The Week of 2/5/2006 Witty one liner: I was just sitting there, walking. Quote of the week: “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Offbeat oddity (courtesy of the planner): “Sneaker” was first used to describe a rubber-soled tennis shoe in 1873 Planner quote: “The strength of the team is…
The Small Details
She is wearing brown leather clogs with knee high socks that have thick green bands alternated with tion bright green stripes. She is sewing the frayed inside edge of her burnt orange backpack back together as the train shakes and rocks its way downtown. Her hands are thin and worn, veins and nerves creating a…
Dear Employer
Dear Employer, I have decided you need to install heated seats and seat backs in all desk chairs. They figured out how to do it in cars, I have faith you will have one installed at my desk chair by end of day Monday. Cheers, Michelle
The Doctor is In
Hey Y’all, This week we have the esteemed Dr. Rafael sitting in to take questions. You all seem to prefer to talk to him (I haven’t forgotten you Peppy, just still ruminating). I cannot promise Saeb will stay quiet *covers his mouth with a hand* but let the questions begin!!!! ALSO GO RED FOR WOMEN!!!! Twitter:…
P.S. Your Cat is Dead
Here we go! 3/100! Do be aware that I spoil things so if you have any plans of reading this book YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Most especially this book because I love it so much! Title: P.S. Your Cat is Dead Author: James Kirkwood This book was first recommended to me by my old roommate. I was working…
This Week Ten Years Ago-ish
The Week of 1/15/2006 Witty one liner: One day your prince will come. Mine just took a wrong turn, got lost and is too stubborn to ask for directions. Quote of the week: “…envy is ignorance…imitation is suicide…” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Offbeat oddity (courtesy of the planner): Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president…
One Arm In
She has one arm in her coat. Thick, wavy brown hair pulled back into a low ponytail. Aviator shades on, one strand of hair curling down and around one arm of the glasses. Her shirt is white with flowers and doughnuts on it. She has a lighter weight button down on over that. A chunky…
I’d love to Talk
Hey All, I would love to talk : ) send me questions or writing prompts! It will help distract me from how much I hate people who chew in my ear, put their gross, used tissues everywhere (I am NOT talking about you mom, more like people on buses), people who take up more space…
Anxiety, Let’s Talk.
Anxiety, Let’s Talk. I know you stem from a plethora of things rooted in my childhood and adolescence, and even young adulthood, but that’s not really what I want to talk about. I wanted to sit down and talk with you because I hope that once you see how you affect me, you might ease…
This Week Ten Years Ago
The Week of 1/29/2006 Witty one liner: Even if the voices are not real, they have some real good ideas. Quote of the week: “To be great is to be misunderstood…” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Offbeat oddity (courtesy of the planner): There aren’t any billboards in the state of Vermont. Planner quote: “Heart is what…
Leather Bucket Hats
I never knew there were such a thing as leather bucket hats, but there are and this man on the train is wearing one. It looks a tad small for his head, but matches his leather jacket well enough that it is not weird. He is asleep, arms crossed over his chest and around a…