The Cupcake Diet

By Dr. Jonathan E. Westfall (Totally a real Dr… Just not a Medical one…) Cupcakes Are Your Savior So you’re fat. How do I know that? Well because you’re reading a diet book. Well, I guess you might just want something interesting to read while on vacation, or perhaps you know me personally and are …

#94 A Simpler Time

Five minutes ago was a simpler time One where I did not worry as much Then life changed to frantic from sublime Forcing decisions made in a clutch Five minutes doesn’t seem sufficient To turn one’s life upside down However fate appears very proficient It laughs as it knocks you around Five days action in …

#87 Gene

Gene worked in a small company, there were only 623 employees. He spent his days traveling from client to client, explaining to each how working with his firm would benefit them. They all agreed, rarely turning down his proposals. It was a shame Gene didn’t get paid on commission. But the perks of the job …

#83 The Plant

The plant sat serenely at the side of the desk. Every leaf a memory of the passage of time. Every branch a marker of a period of its growth, periods the family had marked by hours or days or weeks or months. The plant marked them as they were – extensions of itself, new life …

#64 When I’m Sixty Four

Cliche to say True To me When I’m Sixty Four Meaningless this all will be. Research reports and I believe Happiness is manufactured We all hold our key. Today evolves Tomorrow, we’ll see I can’t miss the life Given generously to me. [SSDay]

#62 Return to Normalcy

The beans are soaking, plans for the week no more complex days of exceptions are gone, days of comfortable regularity ahead The bag is packed, tools suitable for 95% of the life lived days of special additions are far ahead of the wayward commuter The alarm is set, the same time it usually wakes it’s …

#61 Cheating

The author sat there amazed at the very thought he had as he decided to write today’s part of a larger whole. “I’ve been cheating the last few days – I must put something substantial together today!” It was second nature to think like this, in terms of effort put in. Despite the author’s knowledge …

#58 Not Me

“Not again”, the writer said as he looked at his email. “No, I’m not writing about myself in that story – and yes my marriage is fine, thank you”. It happened all the time. He wrote interesting stories about a variety of odd characters and somehow, someone he knew, would link some eccentricity of the …

#46 The Lake

The lake rolls by, it’s water holding the experiences of its embraced. The child who learned to swim by paddling to her mother. The teenager who learned about love and lust on the sandy beach. The group of good buddies who talked about life’s conquests while launching the jet skis. The group of middle-agers desperately …