They spelled my name Trim

I think they’re gone for the moment. I did feel a twinge of remorse; I am pretty sure she was a single mom with four kids and three nights ago she had to find a new place to live because of me.

I thought there would have been more of a fight, more drama, more effort to be extended.

But knock on wood, I got off easy.


My umbrella smells like hickory smoke; something having to do with grilling a roast and seemingly never ending rain. The sun was out when I started and I wasn’t comfortable with letting the roast sit in the frig any more days.


The trouble with people thinking you’re a know-it-all is that people expect you to know it all.