I am out with lanterns, looking for myself
I was walking on top of the river levee one morning in early December, before the solstice. The river was looking healthy and full despite our years of drought, but [...]
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Dec, 2023
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Nov, 2023
Big Love
As the holidays approach, we may encounter way too many opportunities to indulge in a bit of unhealthy eating. And so I've decided to share again this cautionary tale of [...]
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Nov, 2023
Blue Danube
When Fawny walks alone, and she walks alone often, she keeps the river on her left and the levee on her right, so she won’t get lost. But on this [...]
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Nov, 2023
One Tiny Moth Hole
Matilda parked Grandma under the tree while she hung the wet sheets on the line. “I love the smell of fresh laundry,” Grandma said as she watched her hired care [...]
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Oct, 2023
Memorie and the Coyote
This is a reprint of one of my most popular stories, a fun little mystery for October. Enjoy! Memorie is in a cozy pace, propped up with pillows and notebook, [...]
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Oct, 2023
Questions About Heaven
Written with my Thursday group with the prompts: he loved babies and small children, you are in a hotel room, playing with fire, go hang a salami I’m a lasagna [...]
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Oct, 2023
Naming
Written with my Thursday group with the prompts: she studied her face in the mirror, it was heavy, incredibly crucial, a red balloon landed next to him, settle down, a [...]
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Sep, 2023
Counterintuitive Curry
Written with the prompts: just a dream away, as inanimate as a lamp, overlapping, you know the one, hurry/curry/flurry, urgent information, save time, new friends, three years ago, don’t you [...]
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Sep, 2023
Stolen Conversation
Written with the prompts: conversation stealer, I am I am, the story of your name, the name of a bar in New Orleans, the brother stared out the window, new [...]
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Sep, 2023
Minding the Gap
Written with the prompts: the dog is an absolute horror, punctual, more than ready, broke her ankle, possible, this was the plan, ambled up the street, tell me again, all [...]