by Larry Hoke | Jun 25, 2021 | Poems
CONTENTMENT I am a cat.You are a human.We should not trust each other.But we do.I am content with that. I am a cat.You are a human.I do not know when the first of my species came to you.I do not know when your species allowed them to.But, I am content with...
by Larry Hoke | Jun 21, 2021 | The Hokey Gram
This will be a lighter piece in tone today. A while back, my friend Susan at mydangblog obtained a grandfather clock. My old brain doesn’t recall all of the details, but it seems she had some issues with it. Or not. As I said, my forgetter is working just...
by Larry Hoke | Jun 18, 2021 | The Hokey Gram
This is my first post since May 31st. I’m not sure where to start. My hands are still shaky, so this may take a while to write. I suppose I should start with the first sign things were about to change. On April 26th, I saw my neurologist and told him I...
by Larry Hoke | May 31, 2021 | The Hokey Gram
It is with great difficulty that I write this post. After seeing a new doctor about my increased Parkinson ‘s-like shakiness, I was given a new med and told to stop taking my former dopa combination. The result was a massive increase in my shakes....
by Larry Hoke | May 30, 2021 | The Hokey Gram
Over this weekend, my wife and I went through some boxes of books in our garage, books we haven’t seen in years. We’ve been trying to declutter as much as possible. So far, we’ve done a decent job of getting rid of useless junk hiding in...
by Larry Hoke | May 27, 2021 | Blog Fun Challenges, One Minute Fiction
This is a day late and probably a dollar or two short, but who cares. I don’t. The picture caught my eye, and I wanted to run with it. However, a busy day, more so than usual, got in the way of my posting this yesterday. So by default, you’re stuck...
by Larry Hoke | May 25, 2021 | The Hokey Gram
My Opinion I’m going to go out on a limb here and discuss, or maybe throw out my thoughts is a better way to put it, college degrees versus trade school education. Melanie talked about this idea in one of her posts, and it got me thinking of the people...
by Larry Hoke | May 24, 2021 | The Hokey Gram
Today is a gold star day for me – I submitted a story to AutoCrit ® for review. AutoCrit, if you don’t know the name, is an editing tool for writers. I have mixed impressions of it, but that’s beside the point. The point is, they had a two-week...
