Monthly Archives: June 2012

15 Minutes of Grace

Posted on June 15, 2012 by sputterpub

I must admit I marveled toward the west and north this morning as I exercised the dog. I suddenly felt love, caressed, by breeze refreshed, by scenery surprised. The gardens rose like guards behind my back; before me rolled the … Continue reading →

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Hating Charlotte (4 of 4)

Posted on June 14, 2012 by sputterpub

I went, but I learned later I didn’t go alone. Charlotte tailed me, which of course she would not have been able to do if I had Pippi with me, but I didn’t, because Pippi would have complicated my vandalism. … Continue reading →

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Hating Charlotte (3 of 4)

Posted on June 13, 2012 by sputterpub

It took me two blocks out of my way, but I couldn’t resist going by the next morning. I stayed on the opposite side of the street and peeked. My signs were gone. I wasn’t totally surprised about that; in … Continue reading →

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Hating Charlotte (2 of 4)

Posted on June 12, 2012 by sputterpub

At first I considered the obvious: that parkway could be the final resting place for Pippi’s used poop bags. Except I’d have to be careful not to get caught, which meant night-time walks, which I didn’t want and old Pippi … Continue reading →

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Hating Charlotte (1 of 4)

Posted on June 11, 2012 by sputterpub

You never know what’s going to put someone over the edge. The straw that broke the camel’s back probably looked like any other straw. For Charlotte, it was walking out of her house a month ago and stepping in soft … Continue reading →

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Invoice

Posted on June 8, 2012 by sputterpub

“You’ll pay for this” he said to me today when I diverted to the telephone. “Beyond my phone bill?” prompted him to say “Um hmm” and then I asked in quiet tone “Is that a threat or promise?” He replied … Continue reading →

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R – O – N – G

Posted on June 7, 2012 by sputterpub

I still don’t get it. I’m almost elderly and I still think there are some important subjects about which my culture is completely incorrect. Am I the only one noticing these? There seems to be general agreement that the world … Continue reading →

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Assuming

Posted on June 6, 2012 by sputterpub

Perhaps it was the distance from home turf that softened me, perhaps the spanking blue of sky that pried me open, pounding surf, eroding wind that turned ideas askew, but I was struck by tender gesture, seen outside a small … Continue reading →

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Traffic (Part 4 of 4)

Posted on June 5, 2012 by sputterpub

Airline travel died. Trains and buses began to lose business a few months later. Early in 2013 the home delivery of newspapers ended. That service had always been both a luxury and a security nuisance. At the end of May … Continue reading →

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Traffic (Part 3 of 4)

Posted on June 4, 2012 by sputterpub

Clara had never been camping, and she liked everything about it except the mosquitos. She hated them. She didn’t understand why something so horrible had such a cute name. Little moscas: mosquitos. They were ugly, hideous bloodsucking abominations as far … Continue reading →

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