I have a story for you today.
Hello hello hello, all my blogging and writing friends. It’s 8:40 a.m. in Pittsburgh on what is a muggy, overcast Wednesday morning. The Old Soldier has a big family reunion to attend on Saturday. You know, one of those family reunions where you don’t know most of the people. We have a big family. Maybe I’ll get a story out of it.
Male/female relationships provide great material for the flash fiction writer. I know we all have something to say about getting along with the opposite sex.
Being a bachelor, I wish I got along better with the opposite sex. Maybe I wouldn’t be a bachelor. No sense crying over spilt milk. All any writer can really do is to try to turn the mud of life into gold.
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Life Is Art
She and I were sitting at a table at the big window in the Sanctuary drinking mugs of cold beer. Before the Sanctuary went out of business, it was only a few blocks from the Cathedral of Learning of the University of Pittsburgh. My friend was in her forties and was working on her doctorate. I was in my fifties working on my baccalaureate.
“Sex sex sex,” my friend was saying. “That’s all you men ever think about.”
“It’s not all we think about. But it is what gets men and women together in the first place.”
“No it’s not,” she said. “You claim to know so much about women. And I’ll tell you something else, too. No matter how good the sex is it won’t keep a couple together.”
“Have you ever known a married couple with a lousy sex life?”
“Have you ever known one with no life outside of sex?” she said.
I think we were both a little drunk. “Lay Down” by Melanie played on the jukebox. A nice mix of Pitt students from different countries was in the place. I looked through the big window at the buildings, cars parked along the street and at the people passing by. Inside, the Sanctuary was pleasantly dim and cool. Outside, it was a hot, bright, lovely September afternoon. I didn’t mind being in my fifties. I didn’t mind being an undergraduate at Pitt.
“So,” I said, “what’s the solution?”
“Guy, darling, what makes you think there is one?”
The End
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The Old Soldier has just come from a nice walk around the neighborhood. As an adult I’ve lived in apartments. Being a bachelor, an apartment is all I need. But I enjoy walking around the Oakland, Shadyside area of Pittsburgh because there are so many beautiful homes with beautiful well-kept lawns and shrubbery.
Being stuck in my apartment all day long, blogging and writing at my workstation, can be a drag especially on a day like today: sunny around 80.
Before the day is over I will probably go out for a few more walks. Walking has always been a source of inspiration for me: the sky, the buildings, the traffic, the people and the weather.
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