FROM THE DIARY OF HUMPHREY DOVENEST – 2

November 20, 2017

october 17 – spent the day watching the apple harvest. quite a lot of hustle and bustle. bitterman twins won bulk pickage trophy for the 4th year running. hector bitterman can lift a tractor with his teeth. huckleberry bitterman knocked perkins’ prize bull senseless with a head butt. their dad, ezra bitterman, died several years […]

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MYSTERY

November 19, 2017

If Susan B Anthony, who Anthony B?

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WHAT NEWS

November 18, 2017

what news? she cried her heart a spangle the leaves – he sobbed – the leaves have died her spangle dulled began to wither alas – she moaned – let’s go inside

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THE NITA NALDI KWIZ ANSWER

November 17, 2017

Believe it or not, all 4 answers are true. Nita’s ability to maintain her composure in the situation was impressive.

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THE NITA NALDI KWIZ

November 16, 2017

Silent movie star Nita Naldi is displaying her prize-winning extreme side-eye to: a. the prop boy who asked if she wanted him to hold her jewels. b. the pair of swains battling bare knuckle to decide which of them will escort Ms. Naldi to her throne. c. the fellow stepping onto the set grinning and […]

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YESTERDAY’S WINNER

November 15, 2017

winning entry in yesterday’s walk

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THE BAD SKOON

November 14, 2017

‘If you don’t behave, I’ll send you to where the ferns grow, and there you’ll be eaten by the Bad Skoon.’ The witch’s daughter narrowed her eyes and presented to her mother a skeptical expression on her as of yet still smooth green face. ‘Oh, there’s no such thing. And if there is, what is […]

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WHEN?

November 14, 2017

When precisely did the creature become Putin’s putty muppet puppet?

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WOODEN SOCKS

November 13, 2017

I wore my wooden socks today. I deem it a mistake. The raft of splinters I endured kept me from sleep awake. I wore my wooden socks today. I won’t do it again. Instead I’ll store them on a shelf quite safe from angry men.

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FROM THE DIARY OF HUMPHREY DOVENEST – 1

November 12, 2017

5 June – incident in village today. went to old kennedy’s shop to purchase prepared wadding. on entry noticed the widow briscoe crawling along the floor mewing. kennedy told me to pay her no heed. while paying for the wadding i espied a jar of peppermint sticks on the counter. i bought one and offered […]

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