The Compassion Experiment

        Every week on Wednesday I meet with a writers group and we read each other our work and have it edited and critiqued.         This week we decided to try a writing exercise. We would have to write an original story on the spot. And then read it to the other writers.         The only stipulations were - The story had to start with the phrase “This year as Thanksgiving host, we bought a twenty pound turkey.” And end with the phrase “And that’s why we ate hamburgers.”         We also had to use 5 words that were chosen by the other members, they were Canary, Spline, Shoes, Spatula and Watermelon.         I was late to the meeting and only had 15 minutes to write my story.         This is what I wrote:         This year as the Thanksgiving host, we bought a twenty pound turkey ...         I...

     I was given advice by a writer who's opinion I respect, Steve Abbott. He told me the best way to get more readers to tune into my blog was by posting more work - at least one blog a week - and that each post should include a picture or two.      I've taken this advice to heart and have written regular blogs ever since, in an attempt to grow my audience. It couldn't get any smaller.      This blog, I call it: The King and Little Surfer Girl, contains a funny poem and a short story that is part of an anthology I re-edited last year.       I'll just keep these coming, it's fun.       Hopefully it's fun for you too.       Cheerio,      Mike, Tito, George and Ghost Spencer      May 2016 The King of the Friend Zone He’s the King of the Friend Zone, He’s a lucky guy, He’s friends with many women, Though he doesn’t know why. Women like him, They...