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I remember the moment of Alice’s breakthrough distinctly, because in her enthusiasm she spilled coffee all over my brand new health monitoring watch and I noted the time as I reached for a tissue, to remove the coffee stains. I remember the month and day of the breakthrough because it was my first day workingContinue reading “Extracorporeal”

Jeremy exiting his class room seat, bumped into Stella sending her sprawling into Peter, causing triple embarrassment and Stella screaming at Jeremy “You clumsy elephant, watch where you’re going”, which resulted in the class trumpeting their amusement. So the name Clumsy Elephant stuck and whenever he entered the class Jeremy was greeted with trumpeting callsContinue reading “Mice-capades”

Professors Morton and Stanley pored over the map, conferring earnestly on the possible whereabouts of Professor Livingstone. ” His last known coordinates were here, in this remote part of the jungle” intoned Stanley pointing with emphasis at the map. ” We need to find him before the government realizes he is no longer present atContinue reading “The Quest”

Professor Heidelberg’s theories on breaching the fabric of time were published in 2320 and by 2350 the first working model of a time machine based on Heidelberg’s equations was perfected. Soon after Heidelberg’s publication, a special committee of the World Council was convened to develop sound ethical guidelines in the use of time travel ,Continue reading “Time Travel”

I told Jonah to pack some clothes in a bag as I would be taking care of him now , at least till he was grown enough to stand on his own two feet. While he packed I washed his ma, found her prettiest dress and combed her tattered locks, ensuring she looked presentable forContinue reading “Conflicted-2”

Every evening ma would sit me on a stool, run her fingers lovingly through my hair, brushing with gentle downward strokes as she sipped from her bottle of Jack Daniels. She would tell me about my daddy, “Your daddy was the devil incarnate, raped me at fourteen behind Jed’s liquor store, would have been aliveContinue reading “Crossing the Line”

Come into my parlor, make yourself comfortable, sit with me while I spin you a tale of two lost souls. Silvie, sipping her Summer wine, brooding on life’s injustices. Freddie, buzzing around, frantically searching for an elusive goal. Silvie, quietly scheming, La Revolution. Freddie, unable to relax, craving excitement. Silvie, scurrying forth in search ofContinue reading “A Tangled Web”

I graduated in the Spring of 2075, after six long years of study costing $1.2 million, with a degree in bio engineering specializing in body sculpture. My curriculum included the changes in medical science through the ages, from Barnard’s first heart transplant to limb replacement with inanimate prosthetic limbs and then smart devices. Medical scienceContinue reading “The Sculptor”

“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” ― Toni Morrison, Beloved I read a very scary statistic. While two thirds of Seniors, like myself, believe that democracy is the only viable form of government, only one third of millennial’s believe in democracy and are willing to try other formsContinue reading “Freedom of Speech”

I have not published anything this week as I was way behind in reading posts from the various blogs I follow. I hope to be caught up soon. I would like to share with you one particular blog I have recently followed, as I find the wordplay in his posts, usually in poetic form, enchantingContinue reading “Blogging Family”