Blogging: Back In The Saddle Again

The Old Soldier took a day off from blogging yesterday, but he is back in the saddle today.  The reason I took off from blogging yesterday is because I finally got my military pension and I did a little excessive drinking in celebration; the Old Soldier no longer lives in grinding poverty, just genteel poverty and genteel poverty is a big step up.  It means that I don’t have to worry about paying my bills.

How’s everyone doing?  My military pension will allow me to concentrate on being the editor/publisher of the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette, the most dynamic flash fiction publication on the internet.

Keep reading and keep writing that flash fiction.  The Submissions tab is at the top of the page.

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Celebrating The Public Library

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I wrote this post in my notebook in the main branch of the Carnegie Library which is in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh.  I sit at a long wooden table in the Browsing Journals Room on the second floor.  It’s around 1:00 in the afternoon on a cloudy day of rain drizzle in Pittsburgh and the high will be only around 40 degrees.

I just got finished reading several articles in a Newsweek Magazine.

It’s nice and quiet here.  The lighting is good for reading.  The people in the library, the public and staff, speak in low voices when they do speak.

The Old Soldier has just reintroduced himself to the public library.  It’s a great place to hangout.

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The Submissions tab for flash fiction is at the top of the page.

The Hustle And Bustle Of The City

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As I sit in the lobby of my apartment building before I take my walk, there is plenty of motor traffic outside on the avenue but not much foot traffic.  College students with packs on their backs walk by.  I’m going to pick up the Pittsburgh CityPaper, a free weekly that covers the local political and cultural scene.

When I get back I’ll fix myself a bowl of hot chili and read the paper.  Hot chili will taste good on an overcast day like today.

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Keep reading and writing that flash fiction.

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