The secret to staying young is always telling the time by hours, minutes, and even seconds. Think about it. Give a child a digital watch and then ask them the time, what do they do? They tell you the hour, the minutes, and then the seconds as they tick by, “…forty-three, forty-four, forty-five…” Middle-aged people …
Author Archives: Kurt Gailey
Writing Prompts (update)
I don’t usually enjoy retreading an archive post, but the prompts I threw together were rolling around in my cranial cavity. Playing with words is fun for me, so I couldn’t help but rework some of the previous notes. The Metro. A place? A person? A method of transport? Whichever gives the most positive vibes. …
Writing Prompts
The Metro. Take it downtown. Take it uptown. Fall in love. Lose a love. Make new friendships. Lose friends. High school. Graduate. Matriculate. Make a date. Love and hate. Your homework’s late. Typewriter. Clickety-clack, DING! Hammering the letters onto the page like you really mean to make them stick. One-finger typing. Two-finger typing. Nine-finger typing. …
Defense
Filter for your thoughts? Filter for your mouth? More important than a filter for your effluence is a wall in your brain. You need defense from the influence. You need something like a magnificent castle wall: something to help you be able to keep the fool ideas out. It’s tough. There are so many, and …
T-E-Z-L-A
Call me gullible, I bought a new Tesla, only the name was spelled T-E-Z-L-A. The first thing I noticed was the signal light. I wanted to change lanes so I flipped the lever for the signal and the whole dashboard dimmed out. It was a lot like when you’re in your house during a rain …
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