Melancholy Midnight A summer night at midnight. I cannot sleep. I open the door and step outside and walk around my yard. I decide to sit down on an old, broken, lawn chair, that has been a fixture on the patio for as long as I can remember. The night feels as sullen and as melancholy as I… Read More »
Romance Novel Heroes I read a lot of books. I don’t often get books at the library because I seldom remember to take them back. I’ve paid too many $50.00 fines. Now, I just buy books, it’s cheaper. I buy a lot of books – mostly paperback books because I’m cheap. But I have bought a few hardback… Read More »
Promises Of Spring Spring did not come upon a warm, soft breeze this year. It came on a dreadful, chilly, rain-soaked wind. A wind that chilled a person to the bones. Spring came on a gray, sullen day and with a chill so it was not unlike the winter days that proceeded it. But still there are promises… Read More »
Thank You and Thank You For Being a Booster Last weekend we added some super specials and freebies for our Cloudeight Boosters… and your response was amazing. So first, we’d like to thank you for that. We really appreciate it. Or course, not all of you are Cloudeight Boosters. But we want you to know that we very… Read More »
Plum Trees, Prunes, Ben Franklin and More A long time ago, before America was discovered even, there were giant plums in Europe that some thought had magical powers – evil powers, some say. When the Black Plague struck Europe in the 16th century, killing millions, many of those in power blamed the giant plums for the pandemic and… Read More »
This is one of our favorite essays. We try to feature it once each year because it reminds us all that those less fortunate or less attractive or less talented than ourselves are just as worthy and just as important as the rest of us. This essay is based upon real experiences I had quite some time ago. We… Read More »