stories

People, places, and and the uncommonplace telling stories as they travel with Morganica (Cynthia Morgan) in mind and memory; neighbors, friends, and findings

17 12, 2015

Quarterlife

2015-12-17T23:51:17-08:00

Ever wonder if our whole modern urban lifestyle is really just quarterlife? Like we're maybe so focused on getting to the next goal, the next day, the next paycheck, whatever, that we merely skim the surface of now? Kinda like paying full price for the best seats in the theater...then watching the show through a foggy windsheld and earmuffs. OK, [...]

Quarterlife2015-12-17T23:51:17-08:00
11 12, 2015

Going to the dogs (er, dog show)

2015-12-11T07:45:29-08:00

Maybe you could find someone who'd leave a holiday dog show in a bad mood, but it'd be tough. Wet-dog smell has taken up permanent residence in my nostrils (gazillions of dogs gathering in the rainy Northwest? c'maaaan!) and my brain has pretty much OD'd on cute, silly, cuddly, fluffy, adorable, funny... It was raining dogs and dogs outside; the wet-dog [...]

Going to the dogs (er, dog show)2015-12-11T07:45:29-08:00
30 11, 2015

generation gap

2020-05-05T13:11:00-07:00

"Grammy and I went to the holiday show at the fairgrounds last weekend," says the mostly naked woman slithering her pert undercarriage into bikini briefs not six inches from my nose. "She was telling me all about the Christmasses they used to have when she was a little girl. It was really different back then because their parents didn't have [...]

generation gap2020-05-05T13:11:00-07:00
23 11, 2015

Family restaurant

2015-11-23T13:38:13-08:00

"After you, dear!" she grinned, opening the door with a flourish. Her companions still struggled to emerge from a massive blue Caddie handicap-parked in front of the diner, so she was holding the door for everyone else while she awaited them. The lady was plump, with stick-straight silver hair in a pixie cut. She rattled the Caddie's keys in one [...]

Family restaurant2015-11-23T13:38:13-08:00
9 11, 2015

Con panna

2020-05-05T13:10:07-07:00

Mini-adventure Mondays: Sometimes you win, sometimes...not. Early this morning I decide to try the new hipster roasteria (espresso bar, for the rest of us) for today's educational adventure. The plan: Order the first drink I know absolutely nothing about, drink it, and thereby learn something new. Given my (for a glasslander) abysmal ignorance about matters caffeinated, I figure this won't [...]

Con panna2020-05-05T13:10:07-07:00
4 11, 2015

The circle that lives with the drangle inside

2015-11-07T16:30:26-08:00

There's a fascinating little video making the rounds right now, on the relationships of 3, 6, and 9 to circles, the universe, nothing, and, well, everything: https://youtu.be/inWnhZp_A-M Reminded me of Professor Tranh and his drangles. And, of course, the story. I was ALL about words when I was a kid. Words made stories, and I was a storyteller, so it [...]

The circle that lives with the drangle inside2015-11-07T16:30:26-08:00
30 10, 2015

Trick, or perhaps treat, please?

2023-10-31T07:08:47-07:00

"Gaak!" I said, squinting at fumaric acid and magnesium phosphate and tricalcium phosphate, "The scariest things about Halloween are the nutritional labels on the candy bags. Have you read these things?" "Oh, I love them," said my neighbor Kim, "Every time I'm tempted to break my diet I just pick up a Cheetos bag and read the label. Works every time." We were [...]

Trick, or perhaps treat, please?2023-10-31T07:08:47-07:00
26 10, 2015

No thanks. I’ll walk.

2017-07-20T14:16:40-07:00

This is me, standing on the I5 overpass near work, taking a picture of cars zipping away down the road. I walked there, all by myself, because it was a lot faster than driving. Holy hell. I WALKED there. Do you understand the significance of that statement? The car needed its 30,000 mile checkup this morning. Travis-the-blueteam leader took SherryBaby's [...]

No thanks. I’ll walk.2017-07-20T14:16:40-07:00
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