Random Word of the Day: Construction
There's a big truck from Bryan's Tree Service next door, and for the past half hour I've been watching four men dig a very large hole in my neighbor's yard.
I have a thing for construction workers...have I mentioned that?
I have a thing for men in uniforms, too. And in camo. Seriously, all you have to do is ( Read more... )

If anyone is having some really serious writer's block, I suggest this:

Random Word GeneratorIt's a random word generator. When you get the word, write about it. That's my goal on slow-go days ( Read more... )

 Garage;
A building or shed for housing a motor vehicle or vehicles.
A work shop full of tools, jack stands, and useless junk. A man's place of play.

I'm sure when it was built, it was intended for a car. My grandfather built our house, and he was a very practical man. He wouldn't have built a garage and called it a garage if it wasn't going to be ( Read more... )

 I walked into an ice cream shop last week with my i-pod on. I was in a daring mood, and so it was set to shuffle. When the man behind the counter asked what I wanted, I told him to "wing it". 
As Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata rang through my ears, he chose to dip into the smooth vanilla. Gently, he pushed the creamy frozen dairy treat onto the cone ( Read more... )

Through the years we’ve collected quite a bit of blue-collar garb. The boys had camo bibs, and we all had camo jackets (some of us had more than one). I know during the winter there are heavy Carhartt coveralls and jackets, to keep warm, and there’s millions and millions of flannel. Flannel everywhere. Dickies is the most popular brand. My father ( Read more... )

 Bathroom;
A room containing a bathtub or shower, a toilet, and a sink
A man's throne, his kingdom, his sanctuary. The danger zone for women.

The danger zone. 
I could spend days in that bathroom, cleaning until I collapsed, and it would still look the same.
This is why I keep my feminine toiletries in my room:

Every morning there are wet towels on ( Read more... )

            I called out his name nervously, holding a sheet of wrinkled paper between my small hands. On the paper, printed in dark black ink, was the information for the band interest meeting. “Yeah?” he replied, his eyes glued to the television, the NFL more deserving of his precious time. I rarely approached dad after dinner, his relaxation ( Read more... )

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             "It was windy, but the warm sun and the cloudless sky made up for it. You could look all up and down the neighborhood and see daffodils and tulips popping up, the sweet flower aroma drifting along with the wind. Pansies and lilies were blooming as well, but you didn’t know it was really spring until a big fat bumblebee stared you down ( Read more... )

 Spring was finally here. The water was warming up, grass was growing, the smells from the fields were fresh, and the doors on the chicken houses were opened up. Marsh grass was getting taller, and flowers were blooming. Great Blue Herons were fishing in the shallow spots, on the rivers, and crabs were digging out from their winter's rest, deep ( Read more... )