Author: Francis

I swear to you, I never knew I had a kid. Once she showed up on my doorstep, one look told me everything I needed to know. She looked just like her mother, a woman I had loved dearly a decade before. She also looked a little like me. As I reeled from the shock […]

I do have a back-up power supply in the house, which I can connect to the HVAC system in the basement if it’s necessary I collect rare and unusual musical instruments. There are no pianos or guitars in my basement collection room, mostly it is filled with indigenous instruments you’ve never heard of before. Some […]

In the break room the other employees and I were discussing the strangest things we had ever seen at work. In general this is a very bland and basic job, without much excitement. Every once in a while something weird will happen. The best stories came from the old timers, who had been in the […]

When I booked a two week stay at a remote mountain hideaway, it seemed like the perfect escape from reality. Things have never seemed the same after COVID, and I felt that getting back to nature would help recharge my batteries, so to speak. The cabin was small, but nice, with running water, plumbing, and […]

In just a couple of weeks, our mom is going to be moving in with us. She has had some minor surgery, and she just needs a place to stay for a while while she recuperates. I think that everything will be good with her living with us, however I am a little bit worried […]