I am currently in Joe Bunting’s course Write To Publish, and working on a short story called “Phil’s Good Old Days.” I was inspired by this new trend of rentable electric scooters that has hit the country. Here in Louisville that has led to a couple of real close calls I’ve had with being hit by scooter riders while out walking my dog. I think the real moment this story was born was when one guy who was whizzing by perilously close to me got upset when my dog’s prey response was triggered and he went all crazy and barky. The guy slowed down and looked back at me with a “learn to control your dog” grimace. I said out loud, “You’re the one riding on the sidewalk chum!” (Notice how severe I get when I’m angry… I called him chum!). Anyway I’m convinced this whole scooter enterprise will come to a bad end. It may take some time but someone will probably die. I wrote about it to hurry up the process.