If
This piece is a bit of Matrix thinking. . . If I had it to do all over again, maybe I’d take the blue pill; I’d choose the illusion. I’ll [...]
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Jul, 2026
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Jul, 2026
Angel Food
I wrote this whimsical story a few years back. I think you'll agree it's exactly what we need about now. Written with the prompts: Angels don’t have to eat but [...]
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Jul, 2026
Happy 4th!
Tomorrow's the 4th of July, and I'm guessing my readers realize this is a big old patriotic holiday here in the United States. However, it's come to my attention recently [...]
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Jun, 2026
Predator Heart
Today's story is one I wrote several years ago. It arose from a vision, almost a dream. Now I feel the time is right for this kind of energy, a [...]
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Jun, 2026
New Color
Amanda lost her keys on the way home from the protest march and was locked out of the house for three days. Luckily she had a satchel filled with peanut butter [...]
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Jun, 2026
Teach me to endure/Teach me to fly
Give me a moment, in this mouse of a day, such a tiny bit of daylight left. I can barely muzzle my frustrations before it’s midnight again. For hours the children’s [...]
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Jun, 2026
Everything
Unripe berriescluster on the vine.One is dark, but not dark enough,a pinot, not a cab.The others look creamywhite turning pale yellowa few tinged pink like a peace rose, my favorite:they [...]
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May, 2026
Break My Heart
Break My HeartWritten with the prompts: beware, you are bound for a heartache, break my heart buttercup, clutter, dancing fingers stole that away, extra spice, find one you do like, [...]
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May, 2026
Seeker
Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: where did you live? Love, Kennedy to Heathrow, living is a limited-time opportunity, only drowning men can see him, on the way [...]
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May, 2026
Kildeer
I see a kildeer couple on the lower levee this morning loitering on an inhospitable edge of hard pan, a track of decomposed granite and gravel, racing back and forth [...]