Random Thoughts
Bio
Flailing Human. Educator. Wife. Mom. Grandma. People Watcher. Laughing through life.
Stories (18/0)
It Never Gets Old
“You don’t stop laughing when you grow old. You grow old when you stop laughing.” ~George Bernard Shaw SYNOPSIS: The tables have turned on Charlie Price. Once the proud patriarch of his family and a university professor, the still-spry 70-something’s adult children are now the ones calling the shots. Between his kids and the retirement home staff at Heaven's Gate, he’s being told what to do, when to eat and even when to go to bed--often by an intrusive intercom in his room.
By Random Thoughts9 months ago in Humor
Serenity's Quest
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Except for the Lumarians, of course. The remaining members of their race, few as they were, had been in a high state of distress, after hearing the screams of terror and despair for days.
By Random Thoughts2 years ago in Futurism
The Haunting of Black Lake
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. And that flickering flame, my dear campers, beckoned me to come closer and closer through the tall dark trees, to meet whatever was inside that cabin.
By Random Thoughts2 years ago in Horror
It's a Dog's Life
I was watching Jack dreaming a few days ago. His legs paddled in a running motion, his nose twitching left and right. He was making those cute little snuffling snorts that dog owners know and love, and every now and then the room was punctuated by a staccato of gleeful barks.
By Random Thoughts2 years ago in Petlife
Random Thoughts: Do you need some comfany?
When our youngest, Dan, began talking, it was so cute the way he mispronounced certain words that we didn’t bother correcting him. Later, we realized he wasn’t mispronouncing words at all: he was simply a mini-sized master of portmanteaus.
By Random Thoughts2 years ago in Psyche
Wrapping Paper Capers
I believe it’s called ‘scotch’ tape because wrapping gifts drives some of us to drink. I prefer gin tape myself. Mixed with a bit of tonic and a slice of lime, a glass or three may not help my wrapping abilities, but all gifts look lovelier when they’re a little bit blurry.
By Random Thoughts2 years ago in Families
My Kid Flunked the Marshmallow Test
When our son Aryn was about three, I gave him the Marshmallow Test. You know the one. You seat your child at a table and put a marshmallow in front of them. Then you give them a choice: they can eat the marshmallow anytime they like, but if they wait 15 minutes, they’ll get a second marshmallow.
By Random Thoughts2 years ago in Families
Random Thoughts: The significance in being insignificant
I was washing dishes one day when my eye caught on a tiny, moving speck outside my window pane, tinier than the period at the end of this sentence. I couldn’t make out if it had arms or legs or even a head. I would have missed it entirely, except that it was a brilliant, beautiful candy apple red.
By Random Thoughts2 years ago in Confessions
Random Thoughts: How I lost my self-checkout virginity
My eyes lock with a woman about my age, and we smile knowingly at each other. Forget the impassioned adventures of our youth, getting into the fastest moving checkout line is where the passions of our hearts lie today.
By Random Thoughts2 years ago in Families