The Sandcastle

During the night last night I woke up with this running through my head, “It’s hard to plead self-defense when you’ve shot a man in the back.”

By the time I finished taking my shower this morning I had mentally written this very short story.

Self Defense

I never expected to find myself in a courtroom let alone being the defendant in a murder trial. When the judge asked me how I pled I said, “Not guilty because it was self defense.”

He replied,  “It’s hard to plead self-defense when you’ve shot a man in the back. How did that come about?”

So I told him. “When I met the now deceased he was a bit of a dandy and I was impressed. By the time he asked me to marry him I’d gotten to know him a bit better and there were hints of things I didn’t like so I turned him down. The next night he kidnapped me. When I tried to resist he beat me so badly I could hardly move. Then he took me to his cabin, tore off my clothes, and threw me on the bed. He then took off his gun belt and laid it on a table near the bed, and began undressing. As I said, he was a bit of a dandy so he turned his back to hang his clothes on a chair. When he did I grabbed his gun and shot him.”

You can imagine how that trial turned out.

TTYL,

Linda

I have been interested in minimalism for many years. I recently started writing a blog about that. If that interests you, it is here: https://minimalism.sandsys.org

I plan to answer comments on that blog directly on the blog so as to share my thoughts on your thoughts with every reader. Please, tell me what you think whatever that is.

TTYL,

Linda

“If I were you…” is never true. It might be true if you said, “If I was in your situation…” Or it might be true if you said, “If you were me…” But, “If I were you…” is never true. Because, if I were you I would do what you did.

TTYL,

Linda

There is a company currently accepting applications for a person willing to go 24 hours with no electronic devices for a payment of $2,400. Part of the application process is to write 100 words or less about the way you use those devices. I don’t plan to apply but it did make me wonder what I do.

I own a phone, tablet, laptop computer, and TV.

On them I:

• read books and the local newspaper’s comics
• read and write blogs
• play games
• participate in a discussion forum
• send and receive text messages
• make and answer phone calls
• order meals
• buy and sell things
• stream movies and TV series
• check the time and weather
• maintain a grocery shopping list
• maintain notes on what I want to discuss with my doctor
• write notes to remind myself of what I want to say in future blogs
• keep a picture of Judi Dench on the cover of Vogue to show a stylist how I want my hair cut
• use the magnifying glass, flashlight, calculator, timer, and camera.

Those things take up most of my day and it took 134 words to describe them even after massive editing. I think I need to get up and move more often. But, I doubt my ability to go 24 hours without using any digital devices. Good thing I don’t desperately need that money, right?

TTYL,

Linda

The day after the ducks:

    

(click to enlarge photos)

Snow blowing right at our windows creating patterns on the glass. If you look through the balcony railing at the neighbor’s windows you can see the snow blowing sideways.

Not a lot.

But enough to make me feel sorry for the ducks.

TTYL,

LInda