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Your Mind Is A Library & choices of Books Will Determine Your Happiness & Peace - Fran Larson
The mind is a library of words, thoughts and pictures. It is made up of a myriad of choices. In most cases, we could choose what we words and pictures that we want to reside in our minds. For example, perhaps you wake up in the morning and you realize you have overslept and are already late for... Submitted 5 days 4 hours ago.

My Sherlock Holmes Mystery Excerpt - - Ron Kelley
This was NOT written by Arthur Conan Doyle, but IF he had written about Sherlock Holmes in 1824 along the Erie Canal in northwestern New York State, USA, then I imagined an excerpt from the story would have gone like this: … “But I have it all figured out, Holmes,” smugly... Submitted 5 days 23 hours ago.

Those Early Kid Days - - Ron Kelley
I was just thinking about some of my early kid days. You know what I mean, those days of trying to earn your way to summer camp. One of those times, it was selling soap. The brand I remember was called Rosmell. I guess it was a takeoff from a combination of rose and smell. Funny, I don’t... Submitted 7 days 15 hours ago.

What I Heard Wasn't What I Heard, So The Consequences are Consequential! - - elle kynzer
Fictional Eavesdropping Assignment by Wryte Stuff: As I hid behind the tree, the Roman Soldiers were coming and I wanted to get information about the man they had arrested. Ephas was speaking and Rauel was listening "The man said 'destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up' and I... Submitted 7 days 20 hours ago.

The Cost of Eavesdropping - George Stay
Just one word. That was all it took. One solitary word. Spoken in close proximity to your name and you can make some assumptions, you can begin to see things happening. You can start to imagine a better life. Now admittedly, the word came crashing over the top of his cubicle with a rising... Submitted 8 days 5 hours ago.

The Strategically Replaced Apostrophe - Amanda Liesinger
The coffeehouse next to the beach is my sancuary. Even in the mornings with the white collar rush or the evenings with the hipsters on their dates, I find myself melting into the vibe along with the sea blue paint on the wall. It's my office, my artist's studio, a meeting place, and an impressive... Submitted 10 days 2 hours ago.

Overhearing a Revolutionary Plot - Christofer French
I scooched over to her there under the old gnarly tree at the end of an old stony street. She giggled. She put the wine skin up to her pretty mouth and opened up for a generous swallow. She pulled the skin away and I kissed her a big one. The wine mingled in our mouths. Then I finished off my... Submitted 11 days 1 hour ago.

The Eavesdropper – How I Think I Might Have Taken Down A Media Empire - Jennifer Stewart
ALL CHARACTERS AND EVENTS IN THIS STORY ARE FICTITIOUS This morning I woke up at 5 to the sound of the garbage truck, police and ambulance sirens echoing through the alley. I stumbled out of bed and into the kitchen half brain dead still, one thing on my mind. Coffee. Monday morning blues. I... Submitted 11 days 4 hours ago.

Eavesdropping - Jesus Villalobos
The roof needed repair. As I made my way up onto the house, I noticed that the area right below me was over my daughter's bedroom. Her window must have been opened as I could hear her loud and clear talking to someone on the phone. I couldn't help but hear the conversation. "Yeah Betty, he... Submitted 12 days 2 hours ago.

Relax and Enjoy It! - Nancy Daniels
What does relaxation mean to me? Not working, not cooking, not writing – not even gardening – not doing anything that I would do in my normal day-to-day existence. I love to work, I love to cook, I love to write, and, I especially love to garden; but, I do not consider any of these... Submitted 14 days 4 hours ago.

What Do I Do To Relax ? Here's What I Normally Do......... - - Hilda Cang
I find that no matter how hard I try to relax by doing certain things, but if I am surrounded by people or any moving creature, my mind will not be at ease nor does my heart have peace (to relax). So, many a time, I prefer to seek an appropriate time to relax even if it means I have to wait and... Submitted 18 days 3 hours ago.

Good Time Relax You Betcha! - Amanda Liesinger
I have a mental list that I consult that puts me back into relax mode. Sometimes it works and sometimes I have to splurge on a 60 minute hot stone massage to dig a little deeper. If I leave the spa not remembering where I was or I can't find my car, I call that mission accomplished in relaxation.... Submitted 18 days 5 hours ago.

Relax, Sit a Spell, Y'all Come Back Now, Ya Hear - Jesus Villalobos
Recognize this? Of course, it is the Beverly Hillbillies theme. It had everyone sitting down and relaxing just as it wanted. I am one of those who sat along with the rest of you Hillbillies. But that was years ago when I was a child. Now I am grown and don't watch such things. If you believe... Submitted 19 days 2 hours ago.

Ink On Paper (Love Letters) - David Pekrul
On February 05, 2012 my wife, Linda, and I celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. Where has the time gone?! It has been an interesting and wonderful 40 years; sometimes sad, sometimes happy, most times challenging, but always fulfilling. Linda and I dated for two years prior to getting... Submitted 19 days 17 hours ago.

All In All I'd Sooner Fall Into a Vat of Chocolate - a Valentine Story - - John Brazell
In the beginning there was Marcus Hall. Mark who was archetypical of the hairier sex — insensitive, uncommunicative and lacking in the fine art of romance — stayed mostly in his man cave. One day, over beer, nuts and football halftime he pondered. “How do I compensate for... Submitted 18 hours 44 minutes ago. NEW!

We Have So Much In Common With Nature - Susan Thom
As I Approached my home, and turned into my driveway, I counted 14 deer grazing on our property. They may have looked up, but not one moved. They are used to us, and we are used to them. Like actors doing their routine on a stage, they seem to know how to move with their stage-the Earth, and... Submitted 3 days 3 hours ago.

Hoping for Success, Looking for an Agent, Getting Rejected, But Never Giving Up - Jennifer Stewart
Writing can be a lot of fun. The world of publishing isn’t. Well, not all the time, not while you’re trying to get into it. I guess life isn’t fun all the time, and any meaningful journey feels significantly lacking in anything vaguely resembling fulfillment now and then.... Submitted 3 days 4 hours ago.

Laying Low Through A Storm - Ronyae
We've all heard it before, and especially when bad weather is approaching: Lay Low! The storm is coming! Well, metaphorically speaking, 'lay low' is what you must do when a storm enters your life. Be it financial, family, personal, or any other "storm" in your life, you have to 'lay low' and... Submitted 5 days 2 hours ago.

Governmental Alien Disclosure: A Present Danger to the Public's Mind-Set - - Paul Schroeder
Alien presence on Earth will not ever be disclosed by governments. Why? Aren't the peoples of the World entitled to know and aren't we all smart enough to adapt and resist such an invasion? On a different note, think of the ontological shock.The full truth is awful and would cripple society's... Submitted 5 days 3 hours ago.

Life Is The Quality Of One's Inner Being, Whether Melancholy, Happy, Or Disastrous! - - elle kynzer
Metaphorically speaking our birth until Kindergarten is a place of learning and filing information as it is dispensed by parents and family members. We are the blank slate of a new computer at birth. The best of those files we've assembled in our brain are what we carry into our grammer school... Submitted 5 days 20 hours ago.

Longing to Meet Him - - Marijo Phelps
Patterns and sizes Custom cut for you Fine tuning focus To Jesus’ view Time turning pages Faster is seems Hope opening hearts LIGHT directs dreams Each day’s occasion Your way-marked life His footsteps following Now ceasing self-strife You yielded your heart... Submitted 7 days 19 hours ago.

God On the Tin Roof - - Ron Kelley
Fletcher Hills was a small, growing community not far from San Diego that was populated with eight hundred square foot, WWII barracks that would soon become homes for middle class families. So it was no surprise that the original local Catholic church consisted of a leftover, rickety structure.... Submitted 9 days 23 hours ago.

Relax ... or ... Help! I'm So Stretched I Could Be A Guitar String! - - Octavia Hansen
It's not easy to relax . . . EVERYTHING is competing for your attention, your money, your time, your very life! And if you dare slow down, you can lose your place, probably never to catch up ever again. "Lazy" has become a dirty word . . . if you aren't busy every second of every day, then... Submitted 14 days 5 hours ago.

Cocoon - - Marijo Phelps
COCOON Olive drab rubbery wrinkles Inching along Hot, belly scorching, gritty sand Eating half-dead leftovers From the dusty ground Eyes occluded with opaque scales Seeing unclearly Squishing through Oozing black slime The worm barely exists Thousands of colors A... Submitted 16 days 17 hours ago.

Relaxation Comes When You Live In a Spiritual, Meditative State - - Jim Fargiano
There is a good method of staying relaxed. Being in a spiritual, meditative state, as well as living a life filled with principles that reflect the optimism that comes from truly abiding by the personality of a metaphysical life will also “inadvertently” cause you to be relaxed. For... Submitted 17 days 6 hours ago.