How would our favorite sitcom characters respond to social distancing?

Please forgive where my mind wandered…This is perhaps in poor taste… How would our favorite sitcom characters handle social distancing? Leslie would still go to work, even if all the parks in Pawnee where shut down.  Where would Lorelei and Rory go for coffee and pancakes?  Luke only serving take-out? Fortunately, Kirk find a way

A Daily Walk

On today´s neighborhood walk, I bundled up in my coat, winter hat and I wrapped that long woolly scarf around my neck and up to my chin. I attached my earbuds to my phone and clicked on my favorite Spotify playlist.  I look forward to my daily walk. I have walked the same path for

Wishful Thinking

Shaun has a limited supply of clothing these days, his apartment at college yet to be vacated.  On this unseasonably warm day, he throws on the old nylon Mets jacket, the sleeves just barely make it to his wrists.  He announces he is taking a walk. I usually invite him when I am going for

My Summer Job

Sure, I had dreamt of waitressing on Cape Cod or even working the snack bar at the pool club that summer of ´83 – my last summer before seeking a teaching job. Waiting for me was another summer at the office where my dad worked. Nepotism at its best. My dad instilled a strong work

The Night the Carnival Came to Town: A Summer Memory

I love summer nights- cool breezes after a humid day, crickets chirping, the star-filled sky and staying up late.  But, some summer nights are more special than the rest. Some nights are just so much fun that you feel sad when they must end.  The night when a carnival came to town was one of

Missing the Routine

This is something I wrote a few weeks ago in my writing journal. The prompt reads: Write a short piece using the following line from Woolf´s To the Lighthouse for inspiration: ¨Little Daily Miracles¨ Alarm goes off Make the least offensive ring tone STOP Check weather app, 2 emails and rustle up the energy to

Dear Book Club Members

These days are about figuring out other ways to make it work. Dear Friends, I hope you are enjoying this sunny day.  I would love to see you all and forget our cares and woes for an evening; however, I suppose it is in our best interests to reschedule our book club.  I hope you and

We Love This Ride We Take Together

We click on the neon colored life vests Race across the kiddy pool to the entrance And gently drift into the vigorous current Of the not-so Lazy River ride Water guns aim Bored lifeguards daydream Speakers blare Beach Boys tunes, Plastic palm trees line the course Water filled coconuts wait to drench We love this

Indecision

First grade Shaun single handedly planned and lobbied for our first and only family trip to Disneyworld.  He pestered, prodded and persisted. He reviewed the literature and came up with a game plan for the major parks.  He made a makeshift chart, first column the name of ride, the remainder of the columns had our

Strolling Through the Park and Reminiscing

It was a few weeks before high school graduation. Joyce and I lounged on a blanket at Calf Pasture Beach gazing at the Long Island Sound. I was giddy, ready to put high school in the rear view mirror. Iḿ shakin’ the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and Iḿ gonna see