March 2, 2015
The class was given the assignment of adding one sentence to the following statement to make a complete story: —For reasons never explained, the Devil had him sign the document in penguin blood.—
5 students received gold stars. Here are their additions:
1. Then they had cupcakes.
2. Surprisingly, a cold wind blew them to Heaven.
3. The Devil’s wife shrugged and wielded her battleax.
4. At last he had health insurance.
5. On mountain tops everywhere, yetis danced in victory.
March 1, 2015
Maybe March will be the month of the snow lion at Lake Tahoe.
February 28, 2015
Long about 1952 in Denver, Colorado the loon flung himself down a hill again and again until exhausted on one of these.
February 27, 2015
Lightning Man’s alter ego was indeed a female attorney in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
February 26, 2015
Lightning Man’s alter ego is:
a. Miles Beefsteak, ill-mannered lonely hearts columnist for a pathetic small town news rag.
b. Champ Follansby, egotistical gladhanding salesman employed by a shady used car dealership in Saugus, California.
c. Red Scuff, sweet-talking middle reliever for a minor league baseball team, the Beerfield Undertow.
d. Natasha Graywolf, nattily attired personal injury lawyer in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
February 25, 2015
broken stones
bleeding bones
moans and groans
it’s all in a day’s work for the happy bludgeon
February 23, 2015
Say hello to Ruth. Hello, Ruth. After L. Frank Baum died, Ruth was chosen to carry on with the Oz stories, and so she did, turning out an Oz book a year through the 1920s and 1930s. One of her tales, The Gnome King of Oz, was a particular favorite of mine when I was eleven. She loved adverbs, as well she should have with the middle name of Plumly. There, that’s it. Plumly. Plumly, my new character named in her honor, will soon appear.
February 22, 2015
This particular witch tree is about to cast a spell on that unsuspecting evergreen on the left, soon to be evergreen no more.
February 21, 2015
When a triffid’s feelers begin to turn red, the wise thing to do is flee.
