Archive for December, 2006
Chiselville 12.31.06
The phone began to ring for the eleventh time but a golden glass of chardonnay demanded complete control of her mouth. Swiping her straight black hair away from slim shoulders, Melinda sipped at her 4:00 pm tension tamer. Settling back in her chair she crossed her legs and admired the gleaming high heels that peeked [...]
Chiselville 12.11.06
“I’m all done with the sign Tom.”
“Thanks Clint. How’d it turn out?”
“Well, I really didn’t have a whole lot of space to work with. OK I guess.”
“Sure, but did you at least fit all of the letters in?”
“Oh, I got it all in, but I had to paint the last works about a quarter of [...]
A New, New Series I Call Chiselville
I had a false start this week. I began writing a series of posts that were aiming to become a mini-novel on this blog. Yet, after mulling things over for a few days, I decided to create a slightly different story that I think will fit my purposes perfectly. Same plan, different material.
I’m calling it [...]
Chiselville
It wasn’t the first time Tom intoxicated himself. Yet, he had never induced himself into such an alcoholic stupor at a wake.
He was sure no one minded all that much. He regarded Aunt Emmie in the same way as Christmas lights: he only put up with them once a year and wouldn’t come near either [...]
Focusing
While I will still use this site for my Bethany Network project and some Open Source news, I have decided to focus this blog on my writing. All Vermont non-profit info will be transferred to another blog: vermontblog.wordpress.com.
One of the projects that I really want to invest in at this site is a short story [...]
30 Free Programs
The Simple Dollar has a great list with 30 great programs to download. All are free and all are immensely useful, pending of course on what you need.
