Six Sentence Story: Finally Getting Things Right

One day while minding my own business Ryan told me that with AI super intelligence humanity had finally grown up, but the hoi polloi, myself included, were still living like ignorant nincompoops. I told him he had his AI head screwed on backwards.

Over the years, however, something happened to Ryan. One day he told me like a kid bubbling over that the hoi polloi, myself excluded this time, had it right all along!

Then all I heard him say was Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! as he lifted his eyes. I knew he was still having trouble getting his head screwed on straight, but this time I almost wished someone would snap my head on the way Someone must have done his.

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Denise offers the prompt word “snap” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

With thanks to Greg Doles for linking to this song on his blog, Chasing Light.

Trail: Pineville’s Hiking Trail

Near the center of Pineville, North Carolina, is a 0.8 mile hiking trail.

This is the most difficult trail I’ve been on this year, but on a scale of 1-10 it is only a 3. It is not paved. It is only 4 feet wide. It goes up and down through the woods ending at the train tracks.

Nonetheless, the trail is clearly marked and a pleasant walk.

Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time.

View of the trail, trees and grass along the way
The trail is to the left, trees to the center and right
The trail ends at the train tracks where there is a bridge for the train over Sugar Creek which is low on water this time of year. It is also at the boarder of North Carolina and South Carolina.

Ten Things of Thankful: October 3, 2026

I am thankful to the Lord for everything mentioned below and all of His other blessings.

The photos tell their tales with the help of captions.

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(1) trails going under multi-lane highways and (2) many trails
(3) stuff on the ground, (4) granite and (5) red clay
(6) wetlands, (7) grass and (8) trees
(9) wild mushrooms in (10) fancy shapes

The Happy Tooth Fairy

Once upon a time in the really good old days the tooth fairy fooled tiny tots into thinking she was the one who left the pennies, and as inflation increased, the nickels, the dimes, the quarters and then even a dollar(!) under their pillows in exchange for their fallen out teeth. This was an easy job since the children’s own parents came up with the coins, made the argument and then let her take all the credit.

However, the day came – as inevitably it would – when children stopped believing (and/or parents stopped telling) tales that a tooth fairy might really want their teeth so she began to do odd jobs on the side. There were many opportunities, but she had to pretend to be someone (or something) other than who (or what) she really was which annoyed her.

But work is work and you have to do what you have to do which now included gigs where she played the last universal common ancestor, the big bang, deep dark matter, the mysterious multiverse or God knows what nonsense next. She had no clue what any of this stuff was, but as long as the children knew, since children normally knew quite well what they were told to know, she was as happy as any tooth fairy could be, so happy, in fact, that she decided she might as well – whether she deserved it or not and most likely she didn’t – live happily ever after.

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Denise offers the prompt word “stop” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Trail: McMullen Creek Greenway

McMullen Creek Greenway in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a long winding trail along the McMullen Creek with access to another trail.

The road is wide, gravelly and flat. There is a wetlands to one side. On the other are older homes.

Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time.

Near the trail head showing the road and in the distance someone’s home with a fence
There were plenty of wildflowers in bloom.
In places that I assume got wet there were long stretches of boardwalks

Cosmic Photo Challenge: An Autumn Walk

Dale offers the prompt, “an autumn walk”, for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The weather was beautiful today, Friday. Earlier I walked around McDowell Nature Preserve.

Here are some of the photos I took. These are fresh off my phone’s camera.

This fellow kept his eye on me as I passed him and was still watching when I returned.
A view of Lake Wylie with a picnic table deck to the left
This platform extends onto the lake which I suspect is for fishermen

September 2026 Limericks – Mushrooms

All of these limericks were originally posted to Esther Chilton’s Laughing Along With A Limerick or somewhere else during the month of September 2026.

Chew On This Limerick

When I chew I knew you would chew, too,
as the two of us do what we do.
Which is what? I don’t know.
May we do it all though
as we chew on this limerick, too.

Prompt word: “chew” September 7, 2026

Magical Nothing

Oh, there once was some nothing that said,
“I am nothing, just something you’ve read
or you’ve heard. That is all
and my tales are tall,
but with nothing your minds have been fed.”

September 11, 2026

There once was a mushroom so bright with soft yellow to top it off right

Wonderful Task

Oh, the task that I got that fine day
was so wonderful all I could say,
“Is this really for me?”
Yes it is! Now, we’ll see
if you’ll do it or go off and play.

Prompt word: “task” September 14, 2026

and it tasted real good like a good mushroom should

Frying Up Some Verse

You’re awake? I will fry up some verse
with our breakfast all yummy and terse.
We will start this day right
since it’s no longer night
and delight that my rhyme can’t get worse.

Prompt word: “fry” September 21, 2026

like a yellowish-white, shining light.

Tight Argumentation

The fine reasoning seemed to be tight
like a lim’rick strung through the night
when the neighbors complain
of the noise and the pain
only prove that the proof wasn’t right.

Prompt word: “tight” September 28, 2026