"What Lightbulb"
The Life of a Female Pisces

Prompt 4 Slice of Life/Setting Your character is on a road trip when they discover an unusual museum, such as the Museum of Junk Food or the Museum of Unfulfilled Longings. Describe the museum. Joan was glad to be away from the narrow streets, crowded buildings, and chaotic noise. She had her windows open and the stereo loudly playing Vandelux’s “It’s All In Your Head” while cruising down the highway north of home. Her mother had just passed away, her

I left my desk in Lowe's Receiving, and went to find a cart out on the sales floor. Instead, I found a man who was looking for a folding table. To sleep on. He said something about having a van, on top of which he wanted to set up a sleeping platform 30” tall, and which he could keep his things under. Sounded dangerous for a man who seemed to be over 60. He had a slightly-perceptable, ambiguous accent. South African? Maybe New Zealand? I found a table I thought might work, bu

I didn't stop breathing. In as much as writing is breathing to me, and then I stopped writing here on my website, I did not stop the flow of words and ideas. They just weren't here in Whatlightbulb. Here's what happened: I survived Covid (see previous blog of 2020). I also survived a divorce. With my ex not being a money-maker for my household anymore, I added a side gig to my full-time job at Lowe's for 3 years while my youngest boy, who moved into our new place with me, wen

It’s April 9th, 2020 as I start writing this. I haven’t kept up on my little blog here, but I have certainly filled my personal journal....

Image of gummy bears in soda not sexual, but as awkward as sex sometimes can be. I saw that a show called Sex Education appeared on...

Altrea sighed happily in the brisk air as she walked down a familiar neighborhood sidewalk. Maybe now, after 35 years of sketching and...

I'm not religious. I'm spiritual, and I have faith, just not in a deity. I feel that I'm doing what I can to be a good person, but not...

This was not what James wanted to be doing Christmas morning. He was glad his parents were off picking up his grandmother on the other...

Yesterday I was talking to a guy at work who I didn’t know well, but my few encounters with him indicated that he was a good guy. I’ll...

Despite my having finally finished college, when my bindery job fell out from under me I did not get the great writing job that I thought...