Tales from FAR Manor

Contents Hi. I’m Tina Kelly Ball… So you go by your middle name? Yeah. I got my mom’s first name and my dad’s middle name. It’s just easier ...

Contents “They all look alike,” Cody said, glaring at the white pickup in Tina’s garage. “Well, gimme the key. I’ll reach in, throw it in ne...

Mason, contemplating the import of a story his great-grandmother is telling about the “good” old days. I’m not sure he’s buying it. He’s two...

Contents Cody Sifko, sophomore, 674-00-8831. What? Name, rank, and serial number. That’s your Social Security number. Whatever. Skateboarder...

Contents Part II Gathering They called it the Truckalypse, the Devil’s Rapture, the Forever Road Trip. Those who refused the call began to g...

Mason has been at the manor more than not the last couple of weeks. DoubleRed thinks they’re taking advantage of us… on the other hand, we k...

My blog-buddy Beth has gotten the idea of putting more of her writing on her blog. I think that’s a great idea, but of course I would ! Sh...

Contents Tina panted as she turned the last corner, a little wider than planned because of the trailer — fortunately, there was no oncoming ...

Mason has been in and out of the manor a couple of times this week. As I type, he’s here as expected — The Boy has his band buddies over on ...

Work, as always, is work. I’ve been stumping to get a change into a new set of products that will make life easier on the people who have to...

Contents To Tina’s surprise, the bike shop was open and occupied. “Coffee shop’s in the supermarket, lady,” the red-haired guy behind the de...

Six weeks old today. Time flies, kids grow like weeds… and sometimes fall asleep. I took these Thursday. The plan was to post them last nigh...

Mrs. Fetched had pretty much lined me up to do some maintenance down at the rental place yesterday… seems the shower faucet was loose again,...

Contents An an aside: this is the 1000th post on TFM. Dat’s a lotta bloggin’. Hi, I’m Tina. Um… what am I supposed to say? Whatever you like...

But I need to know… how can you be 20, when I keep thinking I’m 20? We went to her fave restaurant for dinner this evening. Mason came, and...

Contents Note : This story has more rude language than FAR Future did. Nothing gratuitous, IMHO, but it’s there. —FARf Tina again stepped t...

I cut out of work a few minutes early yesterday afternoon, being Friday and all. As always, especially at any time before 6 p.m., the first ...

Some longer-time readers may remember when the developers got too close , about a month before I posted the first episode of FAR Future . Wh...

Contents Friday, September 16, 2011 The phone rang once, waking Tina. A moment later, Kelly stuck her head through the bedroom door. “They c...

The Boy and Snippet (and, of course, Mason) spent last weekend and the first couple days of the week with us. To make a long story short, Sn...