She bought a hand-vac
red as lipstick hookers wear
but not her, never
Dude said it was powerful
could suck up a good-size cat
she had no cat, so
selling point was lost on her
Home, she plugged it in
pressed it against her temple
praying memories be gone
~ Hagar
The trouble with life is that it is so daily.
(“anonymous”, seen on a Peanuts comic years ago, probably authored by Charles Schulz)
I’m hoping the nabes all took their sleepy-bye meds and didn’t wake up when I just set the smoke detector off again–cooking during hours when the lease rules say residents must be Quiet (10pm till 8am)🙄
~ Cale
https://lindaghill.com/2026/03/04/one-liner-wednesday-send-help/
Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com
“I’ve wrestled with reality for 35 years, and I’m happy to say I finally won out over it.”
~ the character Elwood P. Dowd, “Harvey” ~
The play Harvey was written by American playwright Mary Chase in 1944. The comedy, famous for its main character’s friendship with a six-foot invisible rabbit, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1945 and was later adapted into a 1950 film starring James Stewart.
https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/its-thursdays-six-sentence-story-blog-hop-59/
Sometimes 6-Sentence Stories is all it takes to make the week worth ploughing through, right? It’s odd when a Monday can be super-blessed, then Tuesday “pulls a Monday”!
Oh well, that’s life–and here we are for more great writing from wonderful folks, and the best host ever: Denise, who serves up the weekly prompt words. This week we have GROUND, which offers a plethora of story ideas. So if you’re new here, click the link above for all the info, and hop on board–everyone is welcome!
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“Judd,” she said softly, coming into his studio, “I’m making the grocery list–will you be taking a break soon?”
“Yes, Love”–he turned to smile appreciatively as he looked her up and down–“fire away, what’s on the list?”–then frowned as he read ‘ground chicken’ and asked what it was for.
She put a finger to his lips, said, “it’s healthier than beef, I’ll put it in meatloaf, you’ll never know the difference”; he raised an eyebrow, replied, “I’m a detective and you’ve just confessed, case closed”.
“And now you’re a comedian–none of your former colleagues would believe it, ‘the man with no sense of humor’–anyway, just get what’s on the list, no wandering the aisles…unless you want to pick out some carnations…for the mess you made with coffee grounds.”
“Ah, but it wasn’t me…must have been our invisible cat.”
She grinned, “you’re about to be invisible, Mr Forensic Expert–it only takes a minute to use the hand-vac; and don’t say I should make your coffee–you declared long ago that non-coffee drinkers can’t make decent coffee…it’s in our contract, small print”; he kissed her hard before she could say another word and left with her list.💖
~ Cale
I like Winter–I can hibernate and no one accuses me of isolating…I’m very social, me & everything in the “treats” cupboard!😁🍩🍟🍪🍫
https://lindaghill.com/2026/02/18/one-liner-wednesday-shape-of-frost/
Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com
Foolish ladies, they followed Jim
(some weren’t ladies, merely followed a whim)
he broke their hearts, for he loved just one
(2 fled town before the rising sun!)
no manners, nor morals–Jim was dim
~ ♠ ~
(and a Class-A jerk with badge & gun)
~ Cale
https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/02/16/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-271/
It’s been another blessed and thankful week, the Lord kept me well.💖
I made progress on the “bedroom mess project” (a.k.a. “storage room with a bed”): filled 3 18-gallon plastic totes with what was in 8 ugly boxes taking up space…a few more to go!
Enjoyed fun phone visits with 2 friends.
My caregiver–so kind and willing to help with anything I need; she does the shopping for me, and if my list includes a fresh pineapple she cuts it up, such a treat!🍍 And, although she doesn’t like to cook, she brought me a yummy Russian pasta dish–comfort food!
She also gave me flowers for Valentines Day (I made her homemade fudge)💐
Thankful for good movies to watch–most of them free.
Grateful that Valentine’s Day has a deeper meaning than it did when I was younger.
Thankful for my neighbor who makes the BEST gravy (& mashed potatoes and chicken)!!
And equally grateful her 2 cats still adore me…or at least make a polite pretense😺😻
Very thankful it’s only raining, no snow (though, silly cherry blossoms are budding early as usual, despite my annual warning about a cold snap🙄).
~ Cale
https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/its-thursdays-six-sentence-story-blog-hop-58/
Oh good! another week of six-sentence-stories! Our host, Denise, always has a great prompt up her sleeve–so if you’re new to this weekly writing challenge, click her link above to get all the info you need…then, go for it! The prompt is: MARK.
By long habit, Judd had made a mark on his mental calendar whenever The Dark fell on his wife, and watched for the best time to approach her with patient inquiry; he’d checked off the usual triggers–hormones, full moon, weather…falling barometer…
He finds her in the bedroom, crying quietly so as not to disturb him–“talk to me, Love, tell me what’s wrong”, and when she buries her face against his chest, he grips her gently lest she shatter.
It’s a scene they’ve repeated uncounted times since she was still a child and he was the older man she adored, the hero who promised to protect her–“was it another nightmare?”
She sniffles against his paint-splotched denim shirt–“I just get so scared,” she murmurs; (scared he’ll stop loving her, find someone ‘low-maintenance’; scared an intruder will break in one night and shoot him in the back as he’s painting yet another sunrise ‘just for her’).
“Love, you must stop reading true-crime books and watching follow-up documentaries…”–but she interrupts to remind him of the car bomb that blinded him temporarily, and the two shootings that earned him the headline “bullet-proof McMorrow” and a drawer full of commendations long decades ago; and with barely a pause for breath, adds, “or, what if you suddenly disappear like Richard’s fiancee and mother–I couldn’t go on living for years, waiting for someone to find your bones, and never know who or why you were killed!”
He kissed her forehead, cheeks, chin, lingered on her lips…then imitated Steve Martin’s dry wit…“ohhh, are you worried I might be abducted on a brief mindless-any-day-drive to buy Pearl black olives?”
~ Cale
Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com
As I got older my motto became, “Faith, Funny & Food”–the first 2 are absolutely as essential as food; I ate chips, donuts, pizza to cope–but without faith in the Lord Jesus, and the gift of humor, I was sinking fast (might have been the food too😉). ~ Cale
Sorry this is more than one line…I was on a roll (with cheese).
https://lindaghill.com/2026/02/11/one-liner-wednesday-laughter/
Poetry ~ Cabbage After Christmas 