Friday This rainbow greeted me first thing this morning. It’s Valentine’s Day here in Guam, but honestly I didn’t even have it on my radar until we went into the NEX/commissary on base yesterday. Oh, look! Balloons! Flowers! We picked up a box of chocolates for today, but each of us had one last night… Continue reading February 14, 2025
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February 10, 2025
Monday Well, three days after getting the internet, the router stopped working. Called GTA for tech support and nobody answered until late in the afternoon. The tech guy said everything looked good as far as he could see, so it was probably the router. He advised we go to the nearest GTA store and ask… Continue reading February 10, 2025
January 27, 2025
Monday I took a photo of this painted carabao at a car rental agency here in Guam. The carabao is a draft animal similar to a water buffalo and was used in the Philippines to cultivate the land for growing rice. It’s the national animal of the Philippines and was introduced to Guam in the… Continue reading January 27, 2025
Free Fiction: The Ornament
Finley Frances Merriweather, decorating her tree alone for the first time in, well, ever, flopped herself onto the antique couch she’d reupholstered in green and gold brocade and wailed. Snowball, her West Highland Terrier, cocked his head and whined. He jumped onto her stomach, thirty overweight pounds knocking the air out of her so that… Continue reading Free Fiction: The Ornament
Short Story: Rainy Day Friends
Back in December, my flash fiction was published in San Diego Woman Magazine! I was thrilled because I’d actually pitched the idea of a fiction section in the magazine to the editor, and she gave it a try. THIS month, three more of my flashes are included in the latest edition–along with some other talented… Continue reading Short Story: Rainy Day Friends
Short Story: Something Sparkly in a Little Velvet Box
Just for you, my dear readers, a Valentine’s Day short story with a happy ending. XOXO, Shelley SOMETHING SPARKLY IN A LITTLE VELVET BOX ******** “I have bad news.” Henley’s voice faded in and out, the cell service in that part of Florida spotty. I pressed the phone against my ear. “What did you say?”… Continue reading Short Story: Something Sparkly in a Little Velvet Box