Memorie and the Coyote
For a final summer rerun, this is one of my favorites. I hope you love it too. Written with the prompts: monster, did it wander off, but that’s why [...]
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Aug, 2025
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Aug, 2024
Bread Cats
Another Summer Rerun from way back in 2019. After midnight the day-old loaves of bread in the bakery turn into slumbering cats. Some are brown and toasty, some white and [...]
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Apr, 2021
Life on the Flood Plain
Another original poem for National Poetry Month! This week's offering is a tale of my California childhood, back when the rain was plentiful enough that we'd often watch the winter [...]
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Oct, 2020
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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Sep, 2020
Happy Labor Day
This Labor Day Weekend, I'm celebrating persistence and endurance as we make it through a second season of this Worldwide Pandemic. I continue to offer affirmations and prayers for better [...]
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Feb, 2020
Marilyn’s Folly
Written with the prompts: Angus lost a shoe not far from the folly, busy street but you are alone, dog named Moose who didn’t like men, buyer’s remorse, refuse, I [...]
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Jun, 2019
Just Like Romeo and Juliet
Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: garbage day is his marker in time (yes, that really was the prompt!), still making that noise, a perfect summer day, [...]
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Nov, 2018
Kittens for Christmas
I wrote this a year ago when my cats were just babies. They’re much more disciplined now—ha! I was sitting on the toilet a half hour ago, getting a clear [...]
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Sep, 2018
A Tale of Two Kitties
As many of you know, I have two feline companions, Suzanna (aka Zuzu) and Valentine. They were born in a feral cat colony, littermates and sisters, and now they are [...]
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Aug, 2018
The Magic Boxers
Written with my Thursday night writing group with a wild bunch of prompts, including: the dead man’s boxes (which we all changed to boxers), what is different today? No such [...]