Fiction Friday: Lucy the Moose Meets Renay Rabbit

Lucy the Moose opened the back door of her small cottage so that Calico the Cat could explore the area near the covered bridge the cottage was near. Calico the Cat left quietly without even saying thank you.

Lucy looked around the small kitchen. She was looking for something to make for breakfast. Lucy the Moose found some carrots and cream. She sat down at her table and began to eat her carrots when she wished she had someone to share the carrots and cream with.

She looked out the back door wondering when Calico the Cat would be back. She didn't see Calico the Cat but she saw a large black rabbit sitting the the woods near the covered bridge. Lucy the Moose opened the door and called out to the rabbit, "Hello there! Would you like some carrots?"

"Yes, I would." Said the black rabbit.

Just as Lucy the Moose was letting the black rabbit into the small cottage, Calico the Cat showed up and came back in the home too.

"My name is Renay Rabbit," said the black rabbit.

Lucy the Moose and Calico the Cat introduced themselves. The three of them sat down at the table. Lucy the Moose and Renay Rabbit enjoyed the carrots while Calico the Cat quietly drank some of the cream. The three of them would be great friends.

Fiction Friday: Lucy the Moose and Calico the Cat

Lucy the moose lived in a house in the woods near a covered bridge. The house was small considering she was a moose. She didn’t live alone. She shared her home with a cat named Calico. Lucy the moose and Calico the cat were best friends.

Lucy the moose liked to let Calico the cat wonder around outside the small house in the woods near the covered bridge. One day, Lucy the moose let Calico the cat outside but after a few hours began to miss her best friend. She opened the front door of her house to let Calico the cat back in, but Calico the cat wasn’t there.

Lucy the moose could hear Calico the cat meowing outside, so she went to the back door. Calico the cat wasn’t there either; she had heard the front door open and run around the house. When Lucy the moose got back to the front, Calico the cat was waiting for her.

Lucy the moose said, “Silly cat. Get in the house” and Calico the cat came in.

Becoming a Restaurant Critic

I want to write reviews for the independent restaurants in the Winston-Salem area. I want all of my reviews to be positive, focusing on what the restaurant did right while staying away from negative reviews. I think this would make my writing more enjoyable and hopefully lead those who read them to actually try to eat at the places I recommend.

I try to eat at a new independent restaurant on a regular basis with that dream in mind. Wednesday wasn’t any different. I wanted something cheesy and after considering a few Mexican restaurants I decided I wanted lasagna and would eat at an Italian place I hadn’t eaten at in a while. Unfortunately, nothing really stood out about the food or service, so I am not even going to mention their name.

The lasagna tasted like a frozen entrée that had been cooked in a microwave. The cheese on top certainly wasn’t browned as you might expect from an oven. The service wasn’t unfriendly but it didn’t really stand out either. The salad was large, but mostly lettuce and carrots. The only positive thing I can really say is the bread had a delicious crusty flavor, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was just a good brand of bake and serve.

So my first critique of a restaurant on this blog is a bit negative. I will need to work a little harder to stay positive, but I already know a few great places I'd like to share with whoever is reading this.

Little Inferno

Little Inferno is one of the best games I have played recently. The game is fairly simple. The player buys items from a catalog, places them into the fireplace and sets them on fire. Each item has its own unique properties that effect how the item burns or interacts with others. My favorite is probably the nuclear bomb which destroys everything in the fireplace in one glorious explosion.

The game is set in a dystopia of cold weather and pollution making the game a commentary on pollution. The player’s next door neighbor sends and request special items, the Tomorrow Corporation sends letters along with reports from The Weather Man. These combine to provide a satisfying story for the game.