Stormy

One less than yesterday

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) December 05, 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of “The Third Casket” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. “It’ll take me three months to find out what I want to know, and at the end of that time two of you’ll be disappointed; the other one can have about everything they used to give away in the fairy tales, half my kingdom and, if she wants him, my daughter’s hand.” The story is available online at: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/11/the-third-casket-by-f-scott-fitzgerald/ Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) December 05, 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of “To Kill a Man” by Jack London. “A wealthy city woman strikes up a surprising camaraderie with a late-night intruder, and they discover what lies beneath the surface of each person’s intentions.” The story is available online at: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/02/kill-man-jack-london/ Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Across the street from my house in what was an open field at that time.

I was looking through my Photos Folders and found these shots I got of a lightning strike back in July 2013.

Just testing an image

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) November 28, 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of “The Hobo and the Fairy” by Jack London “After this outburst the man slept gently on while the little girl still held the parasol aloft and looked down with a great wonder at the frowzy, unkempt creature, trying to reconcile it with the little part of life that she knew.” The story is available online at: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/11/the-hobo-and-the-fairy-by-jack-london/ Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) November 21, 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of Big Ma's Boys by Alexander J. Richardson. “I'm seriously unsure how many of us will enjoy this one, but I did, LOL.” The story is available online at: https://www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2020/11/big-mas-boys-by-alexander-j-richardson.html Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend. ReplyForward

Yes, I think they're the same ones that sleep in my backyard sometimes.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) November14, 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "To Grow A Contradiction" by Nicholas Elliott. . “Melissa believed the human race could be divided into two groups. Those who have an innate desire to explore, and those who are anchored to a specific place from birth until death.” The story is available online at: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/GrowCont1161.shtml Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Neighbor's backyard Friday

That's on the Southwest edge of town, probably three miles from my house.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) November 07. 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "To Bethlehem" by Janée J. Baugher. “She dreamed of Lizzie in South Korea at the 38th parallel where she spots Joe, sprints over to him, and says, ‘Look, you’ve got a daughter on the way. You should be there.’” The story is available online at: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/10/to-bethlehem/ Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Snow on Twin Peaks Wednesday morning. Outside Alpine, Texas

I'm ready for a trip into town.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) October 31. 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "Stella's Beauty Salon" by Laura Davis Hays. “An alcoholic-in-remission sponging off his grandmother tries to turn his life around.” The story is available online at: https://www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2020/10/stellas-beauty-salon-by-laura-davis-hays.html#more Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) October 24 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "The Haunting of Husselbee" by Richard Lakin The story is available online at: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/cgi-bin/version_printable.pl?story_id=HaunHuss1153.shtml Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) October 17. 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "Not Margaret" by Sharon Holiner. “I sat looking at her face and wishing she were there, watching some stranger look at me with pity through my lover’s eyes.” The story is available online at: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/10/not-margaret/ Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) October 10. 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "Wit’s End: In 2020, A Pet Dragon Is Role Model of the Year" by Maya Sinha In a stressful and contentious year, when everyone had reverted to their lizard brains, how bad could an actual lizard be? The story is available online at: "Wit’s End: In 2020, A Pet Dragon Is Role Model of the Year" From the Saturday Evening Post October 5, 2020, issue Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: koach.com Webchat mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) October 3. 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "The Farmhouse" by W.T. Paterson. “The stillness of the land, the eclipsing beauty, it didn’t seem possible.” The story is available online at: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/09/the-farmhouse/ Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) September 26. 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "The Remoulding of Groby Lington" by Saki "A man is known by the company he keeps." The story is available online at: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/RemGro.shtml Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) September 19. 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "Ten Miles from the Ferry Landing" by Wendy Sheehan. Due to lack of participants on the 12th, on the 19th we'll be discussing the same story we had picked for the 12th. "Ten Miles from the Ferry Landing" by Wendy Sheehan. The story is available online at: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/08/ten-miles-from-the-ferry-landing/ Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Be aware, I'll have questions this Saturday <GRIN> Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) September 12. 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of "Ten Miles from the Ferry Landing" by Wendy Sheehan “She said, ‘This farm is my church, and my chickens are my friends.’ What a crazy old woman!” The story is available online at: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/08/ten-miles-from-the-ferry-landing/ Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.

Please join us for our next chat in #readers_corner at 8:30 P.M. (EST) September 05. 2020 -- 01:30 A.M. (GMT) -- for a discussion of “Awesome Nuts & Chews” by Lyn Stevens. “Trish had come back from New York to Wellsboro, devastated by her failed marriage, and there was Kevin, smiling in a doorway. He called her his ex-actress, Trish the Dish.” The story is available online at: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2020/07/awesome-nuts-chews/ Meeting Place: #Readers_Corner Webchat: https://tinyurl.com/y59x7gs4 mIRC Users: /server -m chat3.koach.com:6667 -j #readers_corner I hope to see you all at our chat. Don't forget to bring a friend.