by spencer | Dec 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Londontown It was the smallest hotel room I’d ever seen. Just big enough to stand the luggage up, but not big enough to actually open it. And the bathroom was about the size of the one in the airplane. It was the second-cheapest hotel in town (the cheapest had...
by spencer | Nov 22, 2023 | Latchkey
Dragonflies conconIt was the summer of 1985. “Watch out for dragonflies, they’ll sew your eyes shut.” That’s what Benji Davenport told me when we saw one. He was 11 so he knew that kind of stuff. I was only five so I followed his advice. Then it was the summer of...
by spencer | Aug 18, 2023 | Penny
Kitty Krash BREAKING NEWS: Sometimes cars get hit by cars. In my life, I’ve seen dozens of cats lying in the middle of the road, their insides on the outsides. And I’ve always thought, “That’s gross.” Then I met Penny. A wandering cat who...
by spencer | Aug 12, 2023 | Penny
Fell in love at the Walmart She was standing in the dairy section, next to the sour cream. A thick, weathered woman in her 60s. She looked tough. Like leather. Like she could, and would very much like to, beat the crap out of me. And I immediately fell in love…with...
by spencer | Aug 10, 2023 | Penny
Welcome home! I was gone for a week. And then another two days because of cancelled flights. I was so excited to get back home and see Penny Cat. The second I got home, I dropped my luggage in the house and headed out to the backyard. She was nowhere to be found. ...
