Category Archives: humor
Putting my hat in the ring….
Friends, Family, and Fellow Americans, I put before you another choice – a choice far superior to what you have heard before. First I will introduce myself, and list my strengths. ONETA Hayes – unrecognized now but I point out … Continue reading
BIG QUESTION – continued
Dear Blogging Friends: I don’t often post twice in one day but I feel it is imperative that I get my announcement made on Friday. Isn’t that the big surprise day for new flashes? So here is the second part … Continue reading
BIG QUESTION
Big Question: Shall I rejoin the Democrats, so I can throw my hat in the ring for the Presidential Nominee? I was a Democrat for nigh on to forty years under the influence of my mom and the NEA. Then … Continue reading
SADIE CHOOSES POTSY
Sadie was downcast at the attitude displayed by her friend, Elsie. Elsie had assured Sadie that Jake was husband material. She did all but tie a Cupid’s Bow around his neck. Sadie was stringent in refusing Elsie’s melodramatic, nearly bare-faced … Continue reading
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT – TWICE
I can’t vouch for the truth of this story, but this is the way it was told to me by my great aunt Polly whose mother lived in a forlorn area of Illinois. She became an intimate friend to Jennie … Continue reading
GUYS, A SMILE & NEW HAIR DO WON’T DO
Oh, please, tell me it’s not true – the idea that the attractancy between boys and girls is odor. Such folly! So guys, don’t bother to smile or try out a new hair-do. A girl might bolt at the slight … Continue reading
DISCOVERING ROADS IN MISSISSIPPI
Kind of like the road in Mississippi If you make it dark and make it scary The result of a fight between GPS and me! Land O Goshen! ‘Twas a mess, When I ignored the GPS! My sister, the driver, … Continue reading
AGE ACCORDING TO MODERN MATH
So many have expressed about my age since I appear so much younger, I thought I might ought to go into a bit of detail about how I know for sure I am eighty-five. I’m doing new math to prove … Continue reading
BASIC NEED
Beyond the forest glen, the realization struck her. I left my lip stick! ************ Thanks, M (and Dorinda) for the Jan. 6 prompt. “Beyond the forest glen, the realization struck her.” https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2019/01/01/january-writing-prompts-2/ Image: Pixabay
THANKS TO HANK ZIL – NOBEL FOOD PRIZE NOMINEE!
PHOTO PROMPT © Russell Gayer In the land of Geomeo, labored survival scientist, Hank Zil. Amidst the famine, he determined to create a type of corn that produced more than the “ear kind” which now grew in their limited river valley … Continue reading
