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More emerald than jade……
Ffolkes, BANG! CRASH! Hey, folks, don’t mind the noise….. SMASH! BANG!…. Murphy has brought some friends this morning…. CRASH!….. and they got into a big argument, that has turned into a huge brawl....
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Working in from the outer edge…..
Ffolkes, “You tell Bupkes, either he’s there at six o’clock, in full clown regalia, nose and bicycle horn included, or I’m calling the guild, and he’ll never work another Mardi Gras in this town!”...
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This order can’t be filled…. it’s digital….
Ffolkes, Okay, wait….. hang on, the coffee’s ready……Oh, that’s good! I’m glad…. now, nobody will have to die. This is a good thing; we hate having to dispose of dead bodies before dawn; there isn’t...
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Sovereign protocols might polish that up….
Ffolkes, That was quite an experience…. I just sat here and wrote a poem, which you will find in the usual poetry section below….. It is without a doubt the most fluid piece of poetry I’ve ever...
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Ten paces south from the gargoyle….
Ffolkes, I was warned, but I didn’t listen. Of course, I never believed it could actually happen, not to me….. Like every other fool in history, the admonition of my peers was lost on me, filled as I...
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Muttered curses followed the abbot out the door….
Ffolkes, I’m here. I’m up. I don’t want to be, but here I am. Why am I forcing myself to do this? No frigging idea…. I could be in bed, warm and comfy, trying to get a bit more sleep. I could be, but,...
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Our fluffy maroon penguin isn’t satisfied….
Ffolkes, Try as I might, I don’t have it in me, much as I wish I did…. what it might be, well, your guess is as good as mine. I’m often struck in the mornings at how empty is the mind at low tide….....
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Psst! I got rhododendrons, cheap…..
Ffolkes, Well, hell…. Hellooo! Anyone in there? I know there is nobody OUT there yet, as this is not yet posted; the apparent issue is that there is no one in here, either…. I’ve been up almost an...
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Hollandaise is a sauce, not a country….
Ffolkes, Today’s watchword will be ‘sanity’, a word whose meaning is somewhat flexible around these parts…… It HAS to be, because my own level of that particular quality of mind is extremely variable,...
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Standing by with unqualified operators….
Ffolkes, Well, let’s see what kind of trouble I can get into this morning….. Murphy threw cold water in my face today, precisely at 0437…. That’s in the AM, by the way, in case the use of military time...
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New tricks for old dogs…..
Ffolkes, As he stepped aboard the waiting train, he turned to look back at her, a small, forlorn figure standing in shadows near the exit turnstile. As he turned, she saw him, and raised a hand, as if...
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Further than ever toward the native state…..
Ffolkes, Okay, so writing on a train isn’t practical…. at least not in one of the little roomettes they give you as a sleeper for a single passenger. The little table provided just isn’t cut out for...
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We carry unfortunate news, your majesty….
Ffolkes, Unfortunately, the trains just aren’t what they used to be…. The trip to Oregon turned into a nightmare along about 4:30 AM, and just got worse from there until I got off the damn thing…. It’s...
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We’ll have to spit-ball the hinges…..
Ffolkes, We’ve got Trouble, right here in River City, ffolkes….. Don’t worry, I won’t go all Robert Preston on you, and burst into song, or anything like that. I’m merely referring to the empty space...
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Phoned in from somewhere on the road…..
Ffolkes, Today, the introduction section is a wrap…. which is to say, it won’t be a problem, as I have a lot going on, and all I need to do is talk about it…. easy, peasy, as they say….. Sort of,...
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Assign three spinsters to snipe patrol….
Ffolkes, And then I woke up….. What do you think? Will it work as a template? I think it works well, so let’s use it as intended, okay? Okay….. And then I woke up…. I didn’t want to, but, I did,...
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Massive portions of buttered peas….
Ffolkes, And then I woke up…. Another day dawns, bringing me one step closer to Europe. Today and tomorrow will be spent on planning, to make sure I’m not going to forget anything important, and...
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No worries, there’s plenty of time to…..
Ffolkes, Fellatio….. Now, if a word like that doesn’t draw the eye, I don’t know what will. Not that I really need any tricks this morning, with plenty to write about. Of course, none of what I have to...
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Breaking news: Cop bitten by doughnut….
Ffolkes, And then, I woke up….. at that magical hour of the day, when it reads as a perfectly balanced trio of primes, at 3:33….. or, as the Martians would say, a three, filled. It truly is a magical...
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Sweet, savory, sour, AND bitter….. nice choice…
Ffolkes, Honestly, I didn’t mean to wake up like this….. all crotchety, grumpy, and annoyed. But, then, I didn’t plan to wake up at 0430, with a ripping headache right in the middle of my forehead,...
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