Bud Grossmann’s Words of the Week for the Week of November 29, 2015 Previously unpublished fiction. © 2015 by Bud Grossmann. All Rights Reserved.   Year-Old Cake (2015) © 2015 by Bud Grossmann BUT WHO’S COUNTING? A sixty-six-year-old male resident of Fjord, Wisconsin, consulted unlicensed psychologist David Fischer today—yes, that’s right, on the Sunday after the Thanksgiving holiday—and told Fischer, “This morning when I first woke, I realized, My gosh! This is November 29! A moment later I realized, I am only one year younger than one of my girl cousins whose wedding I attended when I was four years out of high school, and she will, tomorrow, have been married forty-four years and four days, while I myself have been married only one year and one day today. How, Dave, do you think that makes me feel?” “Celebratory?” Fischer suggested. Then Fischer wrote a prescription for antidepressants for his patient, and both men enjoyed a good laugh, knowing full well that the local druggist would refuse to fill it.  ♦         ARCHIVES         Click for a list of other Words of the Week I would welcome your thoughts on this page (or any of my others).  Write to me at the following address.  Please be sure to spell Grossmann with two n’s and mention what page you are writing about. Thanks!  BUD GROSSMANN Top of this page | HOME | Fine Photography | Picture of the Day | Writings | | Words of the Week | Mom & Pop Prop. Mgt. | FAQ |

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