All posts for the month April, 2012

J is for Justification

Excuses. Explanations. Reasons. They are all justification. The ends justify the means. Done with the best intentions. It is for your own good. At some point we have all justified an action which either did not go according to plan or went precisely as we designed it.

Writers Spotlight: Abigail Brand

Normally, the afternoon crowd in the M3 Coffee Shoppe is a teeming throng of teenagers. This week was only different because there was a darling little girl signing autographs for the pseudo-adults. Abigail had a backpack filled with Little books. Red stopped by to see what was on the horizon for the well-established six-year-old author.

Saturday Revisited

[expletive]

Please excuse the complete and utter technological failure which is bringing you the Saturday Evening Post on the completely wrong day of the week. Normally, posts which are scheduled to go live do so without any overt intervention. This one is just special. It decided to stay in the scheduler and go stinking nowhere.

I is for Illusion

Whether it is a mirage or the voices in your head, all of us have experienced some sort of illusion. Illusions are not just limited to optical tricks. Some are matters of great enjoyment. Others are frightening. Which sort of illusion is your favorite?

Muse for Monday

Mantra

Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall? You could sit back and listen to what is said without it being framed for you. The unfiltered version would pass before you to judge on its own merits. You could see the difference in the frame designed for you and the one offered […]