A.M. Offenwanger's Blog, page 8
February 3, 2023
News from the Writing Trenches, January** 2023 Edition
Steve says it’s time I gave y’all an update. (Side note: I like that word, “y’all”. It’s quite fascinating how the dialect of the Southern United States has created a new second person plural, which takes the place of what the word “you” used to mean. Back in the day of The Bard and the King James Bible, “thou” meant “you, the single person”, and “you” meant “you, the several people”. Nowadays, regular English only has “you”, as in, “you one” and “you many”. But Southern US English has re-in...
February 1, 2023
January 25, 2023
January 20, 2023
#FridayFragment: 20.01.2023
MAGIC POTION
The first sip tasted revolting. Bitter, burnt. I made a face.
“That’s normal,” he said. “Just keep drinking, it’ll get better.”
I doubted it. The second, third, fourth, and fifth sips were no better. I put the mug back on its coaster.
“Thanks,” I said. “I don’t care how much magic is in this, I don’t think it’s for me.”
He stared at me, his blue eyes wide with astonishment.
“You can’t be serious,” he said. “Everyone likes coffee.”
January 18, 2023
January 11, 2023
#WordlessWednesday: Fixing the Freezer
“There’s the issue, I think.”
“Try the section back there.”
“Let me see, yes, just up there! Good job, Human.”
January 4, 2023
December 30, 2022
#FridayFelines, or: New Year, New Kitty
Neferkiti the Small and FuzzyIntroducing: Nefertiti, or Neferkitty, as it were. Small, black, cute, annoying to the big orange guy. She came to our house on Tuesday, exactly one year after we said goodbye to our beautiful, elegant feline lady Cleo, and in keeping with tradition, she is named after royalty, another Egyptian queen, in this case.
We love her to bits already.
Louis the Large is not so sure about her, but he’s been lonely and bored being an only cat, so Small & Fuzzy should...
December 25, 2022
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! (or, It’s All for the Birds. Or: Feasting at the Feeder.)
