Squirrel Hunger Games

       In spite of what has seemed like an endless schedule of snow this year, it’s been pretty busy here with the comings and goings of visitors. From past sightings, we know we have deer, wild turkey, fox, and coyote, some of them more welcome than others.

Frozen in Action

My pool?? If only. 

The Baby Boom (Burn) Generation

Here's my latest contribution to 

       Five Sentence Fiction. 

This week's prompt is    Sunshine. 

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Lillie McFerrin Writes

First she used Sea and Ski, then when she got older, the more racy iodine with baby oil – these were as necessary as the old chenille bedspread and the transistor radio. Even from a backyard away, Francine could feel Danny Parker’s eyes as she released her bathing suits ties around her neck and lay down on her stomach, her blond ponytail falling onto her shoulder. Funny how the heat was so much stronger on the backs of her knees; she’d stay out another half hour, but she’d have to be careful not to burn the bottoms of her feet like last time. She drifted into a soothing semi-comatose state, listening to her mother’s vacuum, Mr. Short’s lawn mower, the distant shrieks of the Tyler twins across the street as they ran through their sprinkler.

       Francine roused herself from her reverie on the examining table and flinched, her grey hair shaking slightly as Dr. Petrie eyedroppered liquid nitrogen onto her mottled back.  

Memories, (Kind of) Light the Corners of My Mind

Deep in our sub-conscious, we are told

Lie all our memories, lie all the notes

Of all the music we have ever heard

And all the phrases those we loved have spoken. .

          "Nothing is Lost"

             Noel Coward

Really, Noel? Not me.

Missing People

After 44 years together I guess it’s inevitable that the husband and I have the same conversation more than once.

Getting the Chair

      My unease with hairdressers is deep-seated.

Monthly Issues

At least once a year one of the tween girls up the street hikes down to our end on a mission from God.

Confessions from 1952

It’s day two of the latest big snowfall.

Bitter Attraction

Here's my latest contribution to 
Five Sentence Fiction


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Lillie McFerrin Writes

This week's topic is  Frozen

Their lips met before Janie and Christopher even knew each other.