Word-At-A-Time-Blog

Father’s Day at my house was always the same. We always gave him cards and made him breakfast and dad would let us in on what he said were “family secrets.” For nearly 40 years, we had discovered lots of secrets: that when you pulled Dad’s finger, a magical noise happened. (Sometimes that noise had … Read more

Neilson Conroy walked down a long corridor with a clipboard. It was his first day on the new job and he was eager to make a good first impression. He stopped at a tiny window labeled # 1. A shutter lifted, and he peered in. Inside was a banana on a pedestal. The shutter came … Read more

“Hey, you gonna eat that?” Jennifer looked up. She hadn’t heard anybody come up to her as she sat on the dock, reading a book. She looked around, seeing no one. “Down here.” She looked over the edge and saw a duck looking up at her. “Hey,” repeated the duck. “You gonna eat that?” Jennifer … Read more