Not Really Something Clever

I want to share my writing, and I want to talk about my writing (or at least create the illusion for myself that I am talking about my writing when in fact I'm probably just talking to myself). But I'm okay with that, because I think I make pretty good company, even for myself. So I think I'll post a story, and then post my thoughts on that story in the text following it. Yeah, that sounds good to me, and since I'm probably talking to myself, that means it sounds good to everyone. So here goes nothing...