Thursday, December 31, 2020

 "Goodbye and good riddance, " Glen thought, "and here's to hoping next year isn't even worse." 

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

 The rules arbitrarily changed at a breakneck pace to ensure only the ruler and his favorites would win. 

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Denise decided not to record the moment, preferring to preserve it only in memory. 

Monday, December 28, 2020

 Sleep, repeat, coffee, repeat, log on, repeat, eat, repeat, television, repeat, sleep, repeat. 

Sunday, December 27, 2020

After the year of isolation, his brain seemed incapable of socializing or even stringing coherent sentences together. 

Saturday, December 26, 2020

 She sat watching the birds at the feeder instead of her phone or television and felt a calm unattainable through technology. 

Friday, December 25, 2020

With the presents unwrapped and the meal eaten, they finally had time to contemplate their blessings and pray for those who didn't have quite so many. 

Thursday, December 24, 2020

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Pete chatted up the other poker players with a non-stop barrage of questions hoping to either find their "tell" or simply annoy them enough to make a mistake. 

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

   "America was built on the rackets, graft, and fraud," he growled, chewing on his cigar stub, "but it's gotten out of hand when a handful of billionaires own Congress."

Monday, December 21, 2020

Sunday, December 20, 2020

 The light burst through the fog like the first clear thought the morning after a drunken binge. 

Saturday, December 19, 2020

All the dog wanted was his humans to recognize his humanity or the canine equivalent,  he guessed. 

Friday, December 18, 2020

Monitored and monetized, quantified and coded, we'd become just another part of the supply chain—a snake eating its own tail. 

Thursday, December 17, 2020

 The starlings' murmurations that once blackened the sky had become no more than a shadow across the setting sun. 

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

The house seemed smaller and smaller as they grew fatter and fatter and bought more and more until the space was completely filled and finally burst like a tick who'd taken in too much blood. 

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

 There was a palpable sense of the storm's imminent arrival that sent the entire town scurrying to the grocery store. 

Monday, December 14, 2020

 They were lost in the tall weeds until they discovered they could cultivate them for their own needs. 

Sunday, December 13, 2020

The voice inside her head suddenly disappeared, leaving her feeling more alone than she ever had before.

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Friday, December 11, 2020

 Sharon hoped that on her death bed she'd finally be able to scratch off the last item of her "to do" list. 

Thursday, December 10, 2020

 There was once a mighty nation, but like the others that fell before it, it was rushing blindly towards its doom. 

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

 The unbridled bar nights, soulful meals, and inspiring gallery shows were gone forever, bulldozed under by a city constantly remaking itself. 

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Monday, December 7, 2020

He believed that even with all the hatred he harbored in his heart he would somehow get into the kingdom of heaven. 

Sunday, December 6, 2020

Sara felt her life was like a Saints game—everytime she got ahead, she fumbled. 

Saturday, December 5, 2020

 The year that seemed like one very long day was nearing its end. 

Friday, December 4, 2020

They watched their tabloid tv president and forgot that his antics had real-world effects.  

Thursday, December 3, 2020

The world constantly took one step forward, promptly fell over, rolled down the side of a mountain, slid through raw sewage, landed in a broken-glass-strewn field filled with stinging insects and cactuses, slowly got up, and then took two steps backward. 

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Every morning the old man put on a suit, tie, and fedora and slowly walked through his neighborhood just so the kids would know what true style looked like. 

Tuesday, December 1, 2020