20-Word Fiction (10/10): Jack and Diane

Greetings to our blog readers in Poland, Jordan and India......

As we typing this up, we are listening to "The American Life," a public radio documentary series hosted by Ira Glass; this week's episode focuses on the problems of intimacy. This short, short story reflects that sentiment as well:

"Jack got a postcard from Paris from his girlfriend. Diane told him she missed him even though she just met Pierre."

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

20-Word Fiction (8 of 10): The Extroverted Novelist

Greetings to our blog readers in Latvia, Greece and New Zealand.........

Here is tonight's 20-Word Fiction Entry:

"If you were Mark Twain, you'd stay home and write a novel tonight. Wouldn't you? Maybe? Perhaps? Just stating the obvious."

You can visit the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut (not where we are) either in person or on the web at this link (we gather Ira Glass the host of "This American Life" was there recently):

 https://www.marktwainhouse.org/ 

His boyhood home of the "Tom Sawyer" author in Hannibal, Missouri http://www.marktwainmuseum.org/ is also a museum.

Another Quote- David Sedaris

'Tis the season, and there are several theatres around the country performing the David Sedaris stage play (a one-man show, actually) "The Santaland Diaries," including Triad Stage in Greensboro, NC, and the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Va.

Here is today's quip from Sedaris, who became famous by appearing at the NPR show "This American Life:"

"Seven beers followed by two Scotches and a thimble of marijuana and it's funny how sleep comes on its own."