Stock Photo Story — “My Mom and Dad say I need to apologize. I am not supposed to use my teleportation powers at school. Actually, I am supposed to keep them secret. But when you said you always wanted to try skydiving, you sounded so excited, I couldn’t resist. “I probably should have asked…

Stupid Things I Do — Trying to tame nature is a fool’s game. You can’t win. Yet I diligently go out and do yard work every week. My yard laughs and immediately starts reclaiming its wildness. Usually, before I finish. My yard has a ridiculous number of trees. We rent our house. Otherwise, I would…

She looked in the mirror. She frowned. “Happy birthday, my love.” “Hmm.” “Turning sixty is tough.” “The worst.” “Well, you said you wanted to grow old together.” “Yeah, but I was young and beautiful then.” “You’re still beautiful.” “Nice try.” Vehicles containing three daughters and five grandsons arrived. She smiled. …

Once this godforsaken depression is over and I find a real job, I’ll be the one sitting in that first class compartment. Wearing a fancy suit and eating steak in the dining car. But not today. Tomorrow, I’ll be hopping another freight train looking for any work I can get.

On the trail — I went hiking in Raven Rock State Park today. About two miles into the trail, I saw Bigfoot. Naturally, I grabbed my phone to take a picture of him. He walked over and said, “I’ll give you fifty dollars if you don’t take my picture.” I said, “Fifty bucks not…

And tells a tale — “And this is the very spot where I planted the magic beans.” “Really?” “Yup.” “And they grew into a giant beanstalk that stretched up to the clouds. And you climbed it and found a giant, right?” “No, giants are just in fairytales.” “Well then. What did you find?” “A Wallmart.”

Hanging out and chatting (little boys speak dog) — “So I’ve been thinking about this whole UFO thing. If there actually is a planet capable of supporting life somewhere out there that developed the technology to travel the unimaginably far distance to Earth in one of their lifetimes, would they just fly around the sky slowly in their super-fast…

On a new planet — They had crossed several galaxies searching for a new home when the small planet appeared on the monitor. It seemed like a good candidate. The ship dropped into orbit and prepared to land. As it burned through the atmosphere, the ship’s braking system malfunctioned, and they crashed hard on the…

Wally was infatuated with Rachel from the moment he saw her. But he was too timid to let her know. So Wally quietly watched her live her life. He liked how she packed her lunch every day instead of eating out. Wally enjoyed watching her put her hair up in…