from the continuing adventures of
Insanity Jones
When my Grandmother would write Insanity Jones, her cat, would sit on her shoulder and ” Inspire Her “.
Most of us hated it when she said told that story to the press because Insanity only inspired one thing in our family and that was loathing.
When he walked through a room the [...]
by a.m. moscoso
Inspired by The Soul Food Cafe Prompt
“W” is For The Wheel Of Life
Insanity Jones was a cat whose real name was Wolfgang and he belonged to a woman named Rose Hunter.
Rose was an old lady who never seemed to have been a young lady and for as long as anyone could remember she wrote ghost stories and [...]
by Anita Marie Moscoso
Inspired by the Soul Food Cafe
Alphabet Prompt
” A” is For Athanor
from my ” Faraway” Stories
The science of alchemy is the science of the conversion of things into other species”Dominicus Gundissalinus, scholastic philosopher.
(flourished ca. 1150)
Riversleigh Manor has been left in darkness and behind the Black House in the Gardner’s Shed Mr. Undercroft, The [...]
by Anita Marie Moscoso
inspired by the Soul Food Cafe Alphabet Prompt
P for Procrustes
The “BED OF PROCRUSTES” or “PROCRUSTEAN BED” has become proverbial for arbitrarily - and perhaps ruthlessly - forcing someone or something to fit into an unnatural scheme or pattern.
Penny Ramsey grew up on a story about a body that was buried under the [...]
by anita marie moscoso
Inspired by the Soul Food Cafe Prompt
“M” is for Myth
Alstona Kamacho’s clock is an Doomsday clock- that’s what she told everyone at her office. She also told them on the first day she brought it in that if the clock stops the world will end.
So for the past 20 years everyone she works with goes out of [...]
inspired by the Soulfood Alphabet Project Prompt
“L” is for Loam
Abney Hawkweed taught music for 25 years in the Caswell School District and those were the best years of her life.
Not that she liked teaching; in fact Abney didn’t even like kids.
But the hours were good, she got the Summers off and at the end of the day not many [...]
by anita marie moscoso
Based on the Soul Food Cafe Alphabet Project:.
“I ” is For Illumination
Kersey Goss works for an office supply store.She takes phone orders for pens and paper, for business cards and blank forms. She even orders jars of candy for office receptionists to put out on their desks next to acrylic card caddies that hold business cards.You might [...]
by anita marie moscoso
Inspired by The Soul Food Cafe Alphabet Project:
” J ” is for Journey
They were a Mother, Father and three children on a Ferry Boat sailing from Duwamish Bay to visit their Grandmother in Seattle.
It was Christmas Eve and the children, two girls and one boy were dressed up. The little girls sat up straight, careful [...]
by ANITA MARIE MOSCOSO
From the Soul Food Alphabet Project- “J” is For Journey
http://www.dailywriting.net/Alphabet/J.html Inspired By:Divining Rods- From The Alluvial mine
http://www.outbackonline.net/Alluvial_Mining/Main_Mine_DiviningRods.htm
I know very well that many scientists consider dowsing as a type of ancient superstition. According to my conviction this is, however, unjustified. The dowsing rod is a simple instrument which shows the reaction of the human [...]
By Anita Marie Moscoso
Inspired By The Soulfood Alphabet Project:“ D” Is For Descent Into The Underworld
http://www.dailywriting.net/Alphabet/D.html
Tory Devenish was eight years old when his Father married Cascara Pomeroy. Sixteen years later, to the day, Tory Devenish would be sitting in a pale green room eating his last meal and sitting across from him in a chair [...]
