Halley Hogan
Bio
Introvert, homebody, reader, runner. I come from a family of writers, & it's a passion I've always meant to pursue...now I plan to really do it. I write about my wife, love, about how beautiful the morning is before the world wakes up.
Stories (2/0)
Such A Cancer
Oh yeah, you're such a Cancer. I've heard this so often I've learned t0 add it to my response when someone asks about my sign. I'm a Cancer. I know, I know, totally makes sense. I'm a science nerd, a fan of study-driven facts over opinions or popular gossip. For years I brushed astrology aside as a waste of time. I still don't look at it as fact or an excuse to avoid someone (oh, you're an Aquarius? No thanks), but I have to admit it's a little eerie how spot-on my sign tends to be. When I met my now-wife five years ago she introduced me to the world of astrology, and now the signs are an integral part of conversations about the people in our life, and even discussions about our marriage. She's a Scorpio. Go figure.
By Halley Hogan3 years ago in Humans
Pot Odds
Journey was playing poker. That was nothing new; unless she was at a family gathering or working her day job, you could bet on finding her in a cardroom. Journey was also the only woman at her table, one of four in the room (she counted). This wasn’t new either; there were more women playing poker these days than when she first snuck into casinos as a teenager, but they were far from the majority. At least one of the men seated at a table with Journey would make a comment about her, that never failed; the way she played or dressed or sat quietly and minded her own business. In reality, she was good friends with most of the players and dealers she encountered, she simply chose not to speak to the rude ones. Journey was willing to bet that probably had a good deal to do with why they spent so much of their energy trying to gain her attention. She did her best to ignore comments like the ones she had been hearing since the first time she won a hand against a man too proud to lose gracefully to a woman, often preferring silence to a fight. Still, she had to wonder whether these men would say the same things if she were another man instead of a woman. She doubted it.
By Halley Hogan3 years ago in Gamers
