Two for Tuesday 6/16/09
I’ve long been fascinated by things Japanese and was delighted to discover Sujata Massey’s THE SAMURAI’S DAUGHTER a few years back. Since that first novel her mysteries have never failed to keep me...
View ArticleFriday Fun – June 19, 2009
This one might require additional thought, even though it’s a stupid criminal joke. Apologies to those whose brains are already fried. May next week be better! Tennessee: A man successfully broke into...
View ArticleFriday Fun – June 26, 2009
The raw recruit stood nervously before the police chief – uniform starched, boots shined, hair trimmed, knees wobbling. Exactly what the chief wanted to see. Give the kid time, and he’d probably do...
View ArticleFriday Fun – July 10, 2009
Here’s a quicky to start your day! A policeman spots a woman driving and knitting at the same time. Driving up beside her, he shouts out the window… “Pull over!” “No,” she shouts back, “a pair of...
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Editor’s caution: This fresh zinger from Nan’s bawdy quill may pierce you right in your office party regrets.There once was a divorcee – recently madeWhose looks, alas, had started to fade.Counting her...
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Editor’s caution: This fresh zinger from Nan’s bawdy quill may pierce you right in your office party regrets. Besotted, Day 2 He cinched in his belt and slicked back his hair;She coated her lips and...
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Editor’s caution: …Continuing fresh zinger from Nan’s bawdy quill… Once more they stayed in her home overnight,Neither one feeling the need for a fight.He brought back breakfast with extra caffeine.She...
View ArticleBesotted, Day 4
Too late did she spot the cops in plain-clothes,Whose photos of larceny soon would expose.Click went their cameras – click, click, click, clickAs he squandered those twenties, quick as a blink. She...
View ArticleBesotted 5
(The criminal mind continues to rhyme!) They dodged under awnings, cops not far behind.Rain splattered around them but she did not mind.She kicked off her heels and sped like the breeze,He faltered and...
View ArticleBesotted, an ending … for now
(With poems and plots I have sought to unlockA game built on fending off my writer’s block.By playing with rhyme my brain started to mend,And now, free to write on, this diversion ends.) Besotted, an...
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