Category Archives: Humor

Guilty pleasure

Posted on December 26, 2016 by gwpj

Yesterday when I asked my wife if she had taken a nap, she said that she had spent the time eating red corn chips. “I was a kid,” she said, giggling like one. Later, I found the chips and became … Continue reading →

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Why Bother?

Posted on August 16, 2016 by gwpj

  Made from decaffeinated espresso and soy milk, it looks great, but the spark is missing.  

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Lament of a small press publisher

Posted on June 24, 2016 by gwpj

After sitting a long day and-a-half, I went round to some of the other publishers and asked: “How’s it going?” and got answers like: ”Oh, slow. I only took in forty bucks yesterday,” and “thirty-five bucks since I set up … Continue reading →

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Small press book fairs, a poem

Posted on July 28, 2015 by gwpj

I participated in several small press book fairs between 1975 and 1979 while a member of the board of the Minneapolis Metropolitan Arts Alliance. For some reason I was never able to understand, small press publishers insisted on holding these … Continue reading →

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On time

Posted on July 27, 2015 by gwpj

One of my obsessions is being on time. For me that means being early. I used to show up at work an hour early, raising the question: “Why?” My answer, that I enjoy getting to work early made me the … Continue reading →

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“Hi there, big boy!”

Posted on July 10, 2015 by gwpj

Her name is Esther. She is eighty-three, has no teeth, and is a burned-out schizophrenic. When I walked into the living room where she was sitting watching TV and called her name, she turned her head, looked up at me … Continue reading →

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Two ultra short stories

Posted on July 9, 2015 by gwpj

Nursing Homes and Farting in Public Though the nursing home was comfortable, the care good, and the food excellent, Fred didn’t like it. “Take me home,” he said every time a family member came to visit. When his son arrived … Continue reading →

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Snippets #2

Posted on May 1, 2015 by gwpj

A Cure for Crabs Alcohol does funny things to your thinking processes, especially if one has been alcoholic for most of his life. The man I knew had been an alcoholic from the time he was a kid. When I … Continue reading →

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A writer’s life

Posted on February 7, 2015 by gwpj

Yep, a writer sits at his machine, thinks, then puts words down on paper, hoping that, when finished, the effort will be worthwhile. Hopefully, someone will like what he or she has written. Perhaps a crowd of someones will. The … Continue reading →

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Two Poems — “Sound of Sorrow” and “They don’t allow no moustaches in Kalispell, Montana”

Posted on January 15, 2015 by gwpj

Sound of Sorrow There is a sound, and it is heartbreaking. It is the sound of a mother wailing the loss of a child. It doesn’t matter how her child was lost; what matters is that her child is dead. … Continue reading →

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