Missed two blog post days,
I will have to plead the fifth–
Just for the summer.*
*Through the end of August, I will be posting every five days, unless I write a mini-series. In that case, it would be every other day until the series is finished. Please do read past posts you may have missed!
Image: Pixabay
The daily grind grounds Pete to the ground, like the meat he grinds to make the daily meatball grinder, the star of The Carnery, his eatery and meat shop. Day in, day out, Pete is like the meat he first pounds with his mallet. His routine is not much different from how his father described his own time at the cannery back in the day. Nor the stories his grandfather told him way back when he was a carney. Hard work is stamped in his DNA. As Pete pounds away at the meat, he thinks how Connor, his son, seems to be enjoying the fruits of his labor. Pete sent Connor to the best schools and drummed into his head the idea of seizing every opportunity he sees. As a high-powered Wall Streeter, Connor is today a true carnivore.
(a six-word story)
Most land turned toxic on Saturday.
Celebrate yourself,
Accept your significance,
For you are worthy.
Regardless of fate,
You make your own happiness;
It comes from within.
A purposeful life
Is to always be present.
Find joy in small things.
I want to tell you a tale
About what happened in Dubai.
One night after drinking ale,
I ran over this tall guy.
He had a long, forked tail
That he stuck into my eye.
Then he dragged me down to hell,
Where I stayed in a hot and smelly cell.
Image: Pixabay
Soldiers,
Freedom fighters,
Patriotic at heart.
In memory of the fallen.
Thank you.
Image: Pixabay
Look straight,
Or I’ll get cross.
Take care not to cross me;
Close your eyes and cross your fingers;
Now cross.
