Before the next useless blog entry, thought you might want to check out my new story on JerryJazz’ website. “The Magic”https://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/the-magic-a-story-by-mark-bruce/ is an excerpt from my novel, “The Return of Edsel Eddie.” As yet, no publisher has expressed interest in the novel, though the first 50 pages landed in the finalist in the comic novelContinue reading “New Story”
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John The Piano Tuner
If John the Piano Tuner tells you he will be at your house between 8 and 9, you’d better be up and dressed by 8 a.m., as he will be at your door not a minute later. John has been doing this for over 30 years and he is the very picture of the oldContinue reading “John The Piano Tuner”
The Little Blue House
I really think that some of you (all 30 of you) think I must run away from home for months when I don’t update this blog. Well, this time it actually happened. I found out in August that the VA would help me buy a home, despite the fact that I had to do aContinue reading “The Little Blue House”
Another Orbit
The above cake is not to celebrate by 68th birthday. As the old joke goes, were I to put that many candles on a cake, it would look like a forest fire. But yes, in a week or so I am going to celebrate another orbit around the sun. Whoopie. I am two years outContinue reading “Another Orbit”
The Little Blue House
The first house I bought was not a house at all. It was a townhouse in Sepulveda, now Mission Hills, that I bought with my VA loan. I was a lovely two story place, whose only flaw was that the security alarm kept going off in the middle of the night, forcing the police toContinue reading “The Little Blue House”
Wise Words by Accident
My son’s mother and I talk every Saturday night to keep up on the boy–who is now 31 years old–and to talk to one another about our sad, sad lives. We discussed why we both seemed to enjoy our solitude a little too much when I said something unusally wise: “We live the lives weContinue reading “Wise Words by Accident”
50 Years? Holy Mackeral!
Tonight, my friends, I attend my 50th High School Reunion. I know. I’m old. I tell my present friends and collegues that I’m going to see how much uglier and fatter my classmates have become. I, of course, am still the handsome, boyish man of my youth. Except with gray hair. And a little belly.Continue reading “50 Years? Holy Mackeral!”
The Least of My Brothers
Monday afternoon and I’m coming out of Target with my groceries. Yes, my friends, I shop at Target because those big grocery stores give me the willies. Anyway, I don’t get much for myself. Some milk. Some peaches. Shampoo. The occasional stuffed animal that I give to my 3-year-old granddaughter. I’m steering the shopping cartContinue reading “The Least of My Brothers”
Gone Again
Any physics major will tell you that there’s only one thing faster than the speed of light, and that’s how fast Friday night turns into Monday morning. So here we are again, Sunday night and all the wonderful things I hoped to accomplish before the weekend was over are wanting. Letters I need to write.Continue reading “Gone Again”
The Fool in the Corner
Well, I have just come back from Nashville. Actually, Franklin, TN. Nashville was a 45 minute taxi ride away. I was in Franklin for the Killer Nashville Writer’s Conference. As I mentioned here a few posts ago, I once again placed a book in the finals of the Comedy Category. Sadly, I did not win,Continue reading “The Fool in the Corner”
Mark Bruce, Writer 