Semi-Daily Scribbles

Cate kept a trunk in the attic for her magazine collection. Faded pages were filled with articles on how to cook a good family, raise well-behaved food, and save for a split-level education. These were the pastimes Cate studied, but she lacked hand-eye coordination to juggle the lowest of priorities. She reckoned the unsteadiness came from the soft spot in her hard head that couldn't understand the moral of friendly advice. Cate tried, but could not subscribe, to the concept of looking at life from the other side. Since everything was situation critical in Cate's world, she didn't believe there was anything beyond the thick, red line she painted each day at the foot of the porch steps.