Tag: Piece

A Drabble is a work of fiction that is exactly 100 words. No more. No less. Please be so kind as to remain on this page for 30 seconds, so this short story will count as a read. If you enjoy my story, I would appreciate it if you would clap, highlight, and comment. Thank you. Tom and Millie were ...

When I joined a big American company, on the first day on the job I was handed a thick set of documents, the most important of which was the employee handbook. The handbook included 50 pages of rules and procedures. At the very top was the rule that if I was caught with drugs or alcohol on compan...

My routine morning jog at sunrise was slightly delayed today by an early television interview on the CBC News Network in Canada. Natalie Kalata asked me for the significance of the sample return from the asteroid Bennu today and I replied: “It feels like touching a piece of...

I generally like The Onion. It can be mildly amusing. Its humor doesn’t always match my own, but that’s fair. The problem is that I can’t always tell whether a headline in the newspaper or on the internet is an Onion piece or is reality. To be fair, that’s n...

Just as one of the prerequisites for an exceptional pie is to have a superior crust, any community group needs a strong foundation, combining just the right mixture of core values and dedicated team spirit in order to grow and remain sustainable. Ever since its inception in 2018, FIG has focused its...

This is about as far “up” I’ve ever gone, and getting to this moment is one of the most anxiety ridden things my body and brain have to go through. Flying. And, admittedly, a reason why I haven’t been writing like I’ve been doing so in the past. The thought of it has be...

Builders- If you had a dollar for every time you used this chestnut of a line, you wouldn’t be building any more. You’d be kicking back on an island with a cocktail in hand. Homeowners- How often have you heard this line when starting a new custom build or renovation project? Eno...