A little bit of everything
Les Cohen is a long-term Marylander, having grown up in Annapolis. Professionally, he writes and edits materials for business and political clients from his base of operations in Columbia, Maryland. He has a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Economics. Leave a comment or feel free to send him an email to Les@Writeaway.us.
This fifty-fifth installment is called “The Proposal.” It’s a short-short story about two people, a businessman and a waitress, very attracted to each other, but who don’t even know each other’s names.
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t know what to do first? Well, I’m having one of those moments right now having just read about Mayor Brandon Scott’s $3 billion, 15-year proposal for dealing with Baltimore’s vast inventory of vacant properties. “Yikes!”
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This fifty-fourth installment is called “The Ladies Room.” It’s a short-short story about a man who inherits the company his grandfather founded and raised him to takeover, but there’s an unexpected catch.
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So, “soldiers” of Hamas have attacked Israel killing approximately 1,400 civilians, and kidnapping 250 or so others. Doing our best to put aside the horrific, depraved specifics of the killings, were these attackers nuts or acting in self-defense?
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This fifty-third installment is called “‘Gesundheit!’.” It’s a short-short story about a girl and a boy, living in adjacent apartments in a six-story walkup, getting up the nerve to go on a first date.
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Donald Trump is not only well ahead of his Republican primary opponents, he’s also leading Joe Biden in the general election polls. The problem isn’t Joe. Yes, Joe Biden is too old to be President. It’s not just his numerical age, which is now 81. The problem is that he presents old.
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This fifty-second installment is called “Imperfect Together.” It’s a short-short story about a young couple wondering about what they have in common and the future of their relationship.
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This fifty-first installment is called “The Desk.” It’s a short-short story about a young man just starting his career as a writer who, with his partner, buys a very special antique desk for their apartment.
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On behalf of the people of Baltimore, I’m officially daring Mayor Scott to produce even just one serious planner or urban and regional economist who can justify his thinking.
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This fiftieth installment is called “Schmutz Patrol.” It’s a short-short story about a very special cleaning service that does a whole lot more than mop and dust for its clients.
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