(I said I might post occasionally, so this is occasionally!)
Carmel thought it high time she visited her dear friend, Theodosia. Theodosia’s husband worked on an oil rig far out to sea. He made it to land perhaps once every few months. Carmel liked to stay in touch fairly regularly with Theodosia to “jolly things along”. It had been three long months since Theodosia had seen or heard from her husband.
Theodosia was naturally delighted to see her friend. First things first. She boiled the kettle, set out a couple of cups, and then…
Oh dear! She didn’t have any cookies. “I’ll just pop to the nearby shop,” said Theodosia, “and grab a packet of something to nibble on.”
Carmel thought she might as well make herself useful while she waited for Theodosia’s return. She would pour the tea. There must be cream in the refrigerator. She opened the fridge door.
There was a man’s arm in there. Defrosting.
Weave a Web 
And it was the wrong shade to be Theodosia’s husband…
(Glad to see you, btw)
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The color was frost burn from being in the freezer for too long.
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It couldn’t have been Theodosia’s husband. You said he working on an oil rig 😋 . So whose hand was it? Methinks Theodosia rented her fridge out to a serial killer 😂 😋
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He had dirty fingernails so could well have worked on an oil rig. Then again, the next door neighbour was a motor mechanic.
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You haven’t lost your touch!
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Bruce is back to his disarming best.
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I’m ‘armless enough.
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Hang on a minute there Bruce…
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Thank you Geoff.
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Well they don’t need the cookies now…they have something to nibble on that is better…hands down.
Good to see you Bruce! We have missed you.
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Finger food?
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That works!
How have you been Bruce?
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I am fine thanks Max, and trust you are well too. I wrote a piece for orchestra but my computer doesn’t seem to like playing all those different instruments at once so the sound gets distorted. The link to it is here. Symphony No. 3 – even though 1 and 2 have been lost (I think) – http://stagebarn.com/music2024.html
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Wow…you have been busy in 2024 regardless!
Has your music program have a “freeze” option to put on tracks? My old computer would not handle 8-9 instrument tracks but I froze 4 of them and it did fine. If they are just like you want them you can freeze them and it takes lower cpu and memory to do them.
I can tell a difference in the sound Bruce. It’s huge…. I like the last one the best…but all of them are really full.
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Thanks for listening Max. Yes, I think I’ve got a “freeze” option, but I guess the system is jealous of me! so it doesn’t seem to make much difference!
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Wow…thats what it’s made for…but I can relate to that trouble.
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I absolutely gasped when I read the ending. And, that was only after shuddering at the thought of cream in tea. So a double whammy as far as I am concerned.
This was an excellent occasional post, BA.
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Thank you Yvonne. Eric takes cream in his tea. I have milk.
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Was it the arm of one of her husbands many lovers?
Nice to have you back even if it this occasional once, but I hold hope for a ‘full steam’ return.
I’ll make myself at home and check out that symphony composition link below, shall I?
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Thanks Matt. I never thought of the lover’s angle! You’re most welcome to check out the link!
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I didn’t hear any music. Just saw the sheets?
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The link to the written music is at the bottom of the page. The link to the sound is (roughly) in the middle of the page. I listed the aural first, and then I listed the links to the sheet music!
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Ah, the lad’s still got it! Delightfully juicy (and not just the arm!). Lovely to read you again. Hope you are well, Bruce.
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I’m well thanks Chris, and truest you are too. Now that winter is here I’m finding it tricky to fill in the days!
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“Truest” in my previous comment should read “trust” – not that I think you’re untrue!
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🙂Hoping for a nice summer here – it’s rained most days since January!!
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I bet Carmel was grateful at that moment Theodosia had gone to the store for snacks and hadn’t just decided to whip something up from whatever she had on hand.
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You’ve nailed it.
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Jolly smart of Theodosia. Who wants to eat a frozen arm?
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I will probably have “Dear Theodosia” stuck in my head for the next week. I do hope your character is named after Aaron Burr’s girlfriend.
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There’s no need to drag extra-marital liasons into the conversation.
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They say that Caucasian flesh is quite salty. I can’t verify it, but President Biden would know from having had an uncle eaten in Papua New Guinea.
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And more protein than potato chips!
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The great thing about having eye cataracts is that you can’t read the small print that tells you how unhealthy things are.
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The great thing about ignoring the small print is that you don’t need cataracts!
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It’s always handy to keep some leftovers in the fridge… Good to see you Bruce.
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Thanks Andrea. Mother Hubbard could learn something off your adcice.
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Helloooo Bruce. I didn’t see that one coming, thought he’d run off with her friend!
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You always think the worst!
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😱
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