Bargain Orange Drink For Bargain Canadian Kids — I’m part of a retro Gen X group on Facebook. And today, I saw a thread that made me feel some type of way. Only Canadians will get it, but whatever, I’m still writing it. Tang vs Jolly Miller. Remember Tang, the orange drink (sorry, you can’t call that shit…

Torn Between Security, Solace and Self — It’s okay not to be okay. That’s what the memes keep telling me. It doesn’t feel like it's okay though. It feels like crap. I’m stuck. And I know I’m stuck. In smack in between the proverbial rock and a hard place. So, I’m going to do the only thing…

Freeloading Family — Hello my dears, Aunt Crabby here with a little more home-spun, straight-up common sense advice. Today’s letter comes from The Grumpy Granny. She’s struggling to get her adult son and his family out of her house: Dear Aunt Crabby My son lost his job so I offered to let him…

But I Can’t Do That (30-Day Writing Challenge #18) — They lied! They sure did! All those people who wrote the motivational posters. All those people who wrote all those inspirational books. My parents. Lies, lies, lies! They told me I could do anything I set my mind to. Ha! Granted, I can do a lot of things, and I…

Dance Dilemma — Hello my dears, today’s letter comes from a jittery jitterbugger torn between two potential dates to the dance. They call themselves Danced and Confused: Dear Aunt Crabby, I’ve been asked to the big dance by two different people. One is really cute and very popular, but not very nice. The other…

September Writing Challenge, Day 17 I loved school! I really loved it, as in I cried when it was cancelled. And one of the things I loved best about it was the field trips. So when a prompt appeared in Bacon and Beach Days about school field trips, I had…

30-Day Writing Challenge, Day 23 — So today’s prompt from Refresh The Soul is to write about what you see in the mirror. Here’s the story containing the prompt: 30-Day Writing Challenge There’s nothing better than a challenge to get you motivated!medium.com Damn, what a loaded question! And I doubt I can do it the justice Courtney Capone did: Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall 30-Day Writing Challenge #23medium.com

The People Are Fu*cked! — Geroge Carlin once said, “The planet is fine, the people are fu*cked.” Well, I’ve adapted that to fit my experiences at the local dog park because it’s true. If I’ve learned anything in the 7 months I’ve had my Rudy it’s that although we humans think we take our dogs…

30-Day Writing Challenge #9 I’m not officially entered in Refresh The Soul’s 30-Day Writing Challenge that Nancy Blackman came up with. 30-Day Writing Challenge There’s nothing better than a challenge to get you motivated!medium.com I just found out about it a couple days ago when reading one of Courtney Capone’s stories. I suppose I could frantically play catch-up to make up for my…