I’ve got Easter on my mind (902 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Apr 01 2013	Views/Reads: 2865/1971	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I am not one to boast, at least not about myself unless someone is listening, but I do give some time to exercising the little gray cells in my mind. Many people, no names given, spend most of their time yapping while people like me spend their time nappi
Will the Easter bunny just hop away… Please! (902 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Mar 24 2013	Views/Reads: 2595/1924	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I am what many people refer to as a purist. Many do not understand or know what a purist is so let me explain.
Show Me What You Got (201 words)
Author: Juggernaut	Added: Mar 12 2013	Views/Reads: 2797/0	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
TO hurt somebody's feeling, go after their national pride, the way Juggernaut does it.
Excuse me, but I just gotta be me (903 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Mar 10 2013	Views/Reads: 2676/0	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I refuse to answer for anybody else because it is a full-time job trying to answer for myself. I must confess though, I sometimes cannot give a good answer for myself. I can give an answer, but not a good one, and when it comes to answers, the Gracious Mi
How to have your cake and eat it too (904 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Mar 05 2013	Views/Reads: 2893/3	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Somebody came up with the idea that you cannot have your cake and eat it too. I am not sure where that came from, and I am not exactly sure what it means. If I cannot eat my cake, whose cake can I eat?
You can always depend on a homely girl to get the job done! (316 words)
Author: kathyg	Added: Feb 17 2013	Views/Reads: 2756/0	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
U is for useful not Ugly! Hire a homely girl today!
True love trumps a romantic fling every time (907 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Feb 10 2013	Views/Reads: 5250/2101	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
February is the month we celebrate romance. Actually, the only romantic things about me are my ''love handles,'' which is why I have spent so much energy developing them over the years. You think somebody would appreciate them.
AH WAS A-SNORIN WHEN THEY HUNG'D ME (944 words)
Author: Danny Zil	Added: Jan 19 2013	Views/Reads: 3021/2102	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Corrected version.
So, this is what new looks like (903 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Jan 06 2013	Views/Reads: 2626/1908	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
It was just before New Year’s and the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I were relaxing after a busy week of toil and labor. Not paying much attention to my surroundings, I had immersed myself in a favorite book.
Let’s do it all over again (900 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Dec 31 2012	Views/Reads: 2773/0	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
The fact we actually survived another year is a tribute to somebody’s tenacity; I am not sure whose. I know the only thing that got me through the year was the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and boy is she graciously tenacious. I was sure everything w
‘Tis the Season to be Broke (902 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Dec 22 2012	Views/Reads: 2696/1898	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
For the last several hours, I have been slouching in my easy chair basking in the soothing aura of the season. I have not moved in several hours, and it probably will be several more hours before I even think of moving.
So, this is how the world ends (907 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Dec 16 2012	Views/Reads: 3046/3	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Since the election, there has been a lot of jibber-jabber by the kings and queens of jibber-jabber about some financial cliff we are facing. I have no idea what they are talking about, and I have a suspicion they do not either, but if I am to guess I woul
I’ll have a “red” Christmas, thank you. (895 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Dec 09 2012	Views/Reads: 2763/1939	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
The Christmas holiday season is always ablaze with beautiful colors. I find it hard to be gloomy or grumpy this time of the year. I must confess, not everybody belongs to this “Holiday Cheer Club.” It is an exclusive club but open to anybody who is tired
What holiday does a holiday tree celebrate? (910 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Dec 02 2012	Views/Reads: 2912/1961	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I will confess right up front to a certain degree of confusion. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage will corroborate this confession. So many things confuse me; I am not sure where to begin, and once I begin, where in the world will it stop?
Okay, that wasn’t funny (899 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Nov 25 2012	Views/Reads: 2810/1961	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Let me make it very clear right up front that I am in favor of as many “ha ha moments” as possible. I could not get through a week without my daily dose. I firmly believe that laughter is the appropriate medicine for the soul. Some people, according to th
The great Thanksgiving con (904 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Nov 17 2012	Views/Reads: 2778/0	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Let me make it clear right up front that Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I admit I am not too fond of many holidays. Can a week go by without some holiday that shuts down everybody?
Thou pollest too much, methinks (903 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Nov 11 2012	Views/Reads: 2546/1873	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Now that we have gotten past the recent elections, we can get back to life as normal. Of course, I am not sure what “normal” really means. One man’s “normal” is another man’s “over the cliff.”
Free is as free gives and I don’t like free, usually (895 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Nov 04 2012	Views/Reads: 2637/1992	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I am not the kind of person looking for a handout or anything free. When somebody offers me something free, I know there is a catch somewhere, and as long as I still have a slice of sanity in my noodle soup, nobody is going to catch me.
Get me to the airport on time (906 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Oct 28 2012	Views/Reads: 2598/1850	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I was off to the airport on another trip. I started out early, arrived at the airport on time but when I arrived the plane had canceled and I had to apply for another plane. The next plane headed for my destination was about two hours away. This would in
Cashing in on a cashless society (901 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Oct 13 2012	Views/Reads: 2654/2	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I am the kind of person that likes to do business with cash on the barrelhead. I do not like credit because it has a way of biting you in the end. When you have a credit card, there are fees to beat the band. I do have a credit card but I have it hidden s
“Early to bed and early to rise,” hasn’t really worked for me (917 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Oct 07 2012	Views/Reads: 8760/0	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
My father was not what you would call a literate person. Apart from the Bible, he did not read much of anything else on a regular basis. I can remember as a young person him quoting a great American patriot, Benjamin Franklin. The only quote he knew of th
Harry's Hamburgers (337 words)
Author: Michael Lance Kersting	Added: Sep 21 2012	Views/Reads: 2748/0	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Harry had a "secret" recipe.
The umpire wore shorts (914 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Sep 16 2012	Views/Reads: 2770/0	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Okay, right up front I want to confess that I am an old fogey. In my defense, as if I needed one, I was born an old fogey. I have what may be called old-fogeyitis, a rare psychological disorder only affecting people born of woman.
Solving the Mystery of Picking a President (899 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Aug 26 2012	Views/Reads: 2744/1891	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I were casually sitting on the back porch enjoying our evening coffee together. Suddenly, the conversation turned to things political. This does not happen very often so at the moment I was a little surprised by
A Midsummer's day nightmare (899 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Aug 12 2012	Views/Reads: 2746/1853	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I am not sure who invented summer vacation but I think they deserve a Nobel Peace Prize. Every year is worth the intense strain when there is a summer vacation to look forward to.

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