Ya know, I’ve learned to approach your kitchen with caution. You keep with high HEAT up in here! Embers are full blown blaze! 🔥

My words to this Embers would not be satisfactory. You stoked this to the point that the fire reignited, Jeezzz!
Really good.

I don’t know why it changed “cook” to “keep”…🤦‍♀️

Passionately penned, Naaj. This write is fire my brother, fucking blazing! Much respect. Appreciate you.

Damian

My, my my. I had to take time to inhale this comment! Thank you, Adira for your sharing your energy.
It’s so deeply appreciated.

Grandma knew exactly what to do with us. 6 of us & she never lost her temper. Good memories…Thank you, girl

hello beautiful Willow this was a twist I didn’t know where you were going it’s very clever and relateable I had to clean my dad’s grandfather clock when naughty 💕

Brilliantly penned, Willow. Into the book it belongs! Amazing storytelling my friend, I can relate. Not that I got in trouble a lot, but when I did, not a fun time by any means of the imagination. Excellent work, as always. Appreciate you.

Damian

I love “old timey” pieces. It brings back the good ol days, even if we didn’t know that they were, then. I would’ve preferred the chair over the usual ass whuppin.
But eh, I survived.
It’s always interesting to me how others lived and dealt with their own upbringings. This was a wonderful story indeed. I raised my kids on “time out” instead of spankings, as your story reflects. It’s a better choice.
Very entertaining write, Willow. Bravo.

It’s good to see YOU here, too.

Well, that was an event, and I think you still did not pass that bulb since you still light up my friend. Enjoyed this piece. Oh, I do not like tomatoed based baked beans either. lol

I enjoyed this from beginning to end. I’d say your grandmother is still keeping an eye on you, my friend. She must know something…

Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Mary. So glad you connected with the write my friend. It hit me that way, while I was writing it. It was a very authentic moment. Appreciate you.

Damian

Some of the best writing you have ever shared with us. Sensational and held my interest. Nice work Damian.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story, Damian. I love the simplistic history that makes us all humans deep down, no matter if we try to hide it.
I have very vivid memories of one of my grannies. She was a tiny firecracker. Snap a chicken’s neck and yet tend to our little boo-boos with TLC with the same hand.
Burger Chef rocked!
Wonderfully vivid write, it kept me enthralled.

Hauntingly penned, Brenda. Amazing dark write my friend. Appreciate you.

Damian

The light only blinds and befuddles us, while darkness softly and thoroughly embraces our truth, regardless. There is indeed something special about nothingness -the void- where everything and nothing is possible.

Superb write, my friend!

hello Mary thank you graciously lovely one 💕

I suffered from it when I was younger for various reasons. Your poem spotlights it in an artistic way. Excellent poem crimsin.

Powerful work. Tremendous.

Powerfully penned, Brenda. I have had problems keeping friends as well, I can totally relate. Superb write. Appreciate you.

Damian

Hello Brenda. Magnificent piece of writing here. So many suffer with loneliness and depression. It’s not a good feeling at all. Stellar work my friend. xo