Author Archives: BBRiley

A Short Story by Scott Robertson I bounded up the stairs, two at a time, and burst into the apartment. “I found her!” My roommate, Rich Anderson, in his usual studying position—reclining on the couch, looked up from his textbook. “I didn’t know you were looking for anyone. Found whom?” “The one! My soulmate! TheContinue reading “The Poem”

I’m taking a little break from standing at the end of a freeway offramp with my little cardboard sign to talk to you about taxes. Yes, I have been forced to come up with a snappy little slogan on an old piece of corrugated cardboard in hopes you’ll throw spare change at me before thatContinue reading “Taxes, Smaxes”

This past Thursday I drove my wife 45 miles to get her second vaccine for the Covid-19 virus. I couldn’t be more excited to finally get her fully protected from this deadly pandemic. My wife was “Yea, OK…let’s do it if we can go visit the local shopping area.”  Our priorities might be different butContinue reading “Vaccine Hesitancy”

My wife and I have had a tradition for years to take a little trip in the springtime. Not a full blown vacation, just a short trip somewhere after a long winter. Thanks to the pandemic, we were robbed of that opportunity in 2020. Just about a month ago, my wife was sitting on theContinue reading “The Great Outdoors”

Just the other night my wife and I rented a caper movie called “The Vault.” I really enjoy a good caper movie and, even though this one did not get much distribution, it wasn’t that bad. The story is about a treasurer hunter who finds an old sunken Spanish Treasure, only to have it takenContinue reading “Caper Movies”