Author Archives: Alexandra Branyon
House of Representatives Resolution
Eden’s on Fifth
I am at Eden’s Department Store right on Fifth Avenue. Being from the country, I am thrilled to be in New York City for the first time. I certainly don’t mind waiting to get waited on. After all it was Milton who said, “They also serve who only stand and wait.” Continue reading
Too Big
My dog and I got too fat. I didn’t realize it until that nice couple visiting from Colorado took photographs so they could reminisce. When they sent me the picture, I was dumbfounded by reality. I had to lose weight, to get small again. That very day my dog, whose name is Ralph, and I ate less. Continue reading
How She Learned To Fly
You hear light clicking of stiletto heels. Without a carpet on ceramic tile, the little airport terminal is loud. Her perfumed frame is long and angular with blond hair loosely tied from off her neck. Her feet and head are all that you can see. A floor-length mink is covering her up. Continue reading
How I Became a Potato Farmer
I like to dig in dirt. To let all the bad stuff in me go down into the ground and all the good stuff in the ground come up into me. And that is why I became a potato farmer. Continue reading