About my lists...

Shop news:
new listing- D is for... Vintage letter D pin
renewals- What Direction? Messenger bag
Red Esprit jacket

So, today I first wanted to explain a little about the list I started a couple of days ago. These are all people that I 'miss' in one way or another. At some point in my life, they have had an effect. Some have made me laugh (a lot), some made me cry, at least once or twice, but all have good memories attached, even if they eventually made me sad, whatever the reasons might of been. A few aren't even people, though they may have liked to think they where! All are people that I would be interested to know where they've been or what they've been up to. Most I don't know, anymore. They may be totally different than they once where. That's ok, it would still be interesting to find out where they are now. Most, if not all, where good people, so I doubt that they've become the opposite. You never know. Time changes us all & circumstances can take the best or the worst out of us & change they way we are, not necessarily forever, but for a time. sometimes, like in one of my stories, our perceptions weren't completely right in the first place. That's what makes us complex beings. Don't we all have people we remember, fondly (or not so fondly) that we are curious about, that pop into our memory, from time to time? The photo, by the way, is of one of the 'people' I miss most, my dog Sam. I miss my dog.
I think the next list will be of my favorite book/films, on a totally different note.
I hope all is well with everyone, until next time.
samsstuff

Another short "story"...

Here's another short story, free writing exercise, basically unedited, enjoy:

3/17

It’s so strange, to see him today. Completely transformed & totally out of character. At least out of the character that I, a complete stranger, thought was his. Today he is neatly dressed in a business suit, trailing two small children & a wife. He has removed a bunch of flowers from the bag in the bed of the truck & has placed them in the passenger compartment, where his family will soon be sitting. What a contrast to the way he normally presents himself to the public; a slovenly man in dirty t-shirt & baggy, over-sized (even for a man as large as he is), dirty pants that expose his over-sized belly & his over-sized rear-end. Normally his truck is parked directly in front of our business , motor running,(or trying to run), almost gasping for breath, as he runs into the store for another quart of oil, to keep it moving for another day. Today, his truck is quietly waiting in the parking lot to take the family to some unknown destination. Usually his face is twisted in a scowl, angry, almost like an unanswered dare to anyone who would attempt to speak to him, an angry bear in the wild. Today his face is almost soft & gentle, like a bear playing in a zoo. I'm not sure what to make of this stranger's transformation, except to say that 'normality' often depends on situation. Maybe this unusual side of the strange man is more 'normal' than what I usually see.