You Know How We Are
Written with the prompts: you know how we are, working on a list of things to do, no gray only black or white, what?, doors with round corners, rusty knife [...]
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Jan, 2026
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Dec, 2024
My Mother’s Orange Tree
Once again, allow me to share one of my favorite family stories. . . On December 7th, 1941, my mother was at her friend Louise’s house. They were picking the [...]
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Nov, 2024
Blue
I started writing this piece about my friend Craig several years ago. I thought I had lost it, but I found it again as I was purging files this summer. [...]
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Jun, 2024
Afterlife
I wrote this with my Thursday night group, and many of the prompts were inspired by the Colbert Questionnaire from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. See if you can [...]
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Jun, 2024
While Sorting the Laundry, Mandy Thinks About Death
Mandy pulls out delicate items—silk blouses, rayon skirts, summer weight T shirts that could shrink in the heat of the dryer. All the while yesterday’s conversation with Eric’s widow plays [...]
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Mar, 2024
The Secret to Rubber-Soled Shoes
The Secret to Rubber-Soled Shoes The secret to rubber-soled shoes is that they are often imbued with the ghosts of deceased dogs, dogs who were loyal and eager to serve, [...]
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Oct, 2022
The Voice
There was already a voice in Jessamyn’s head when the beacon hit her eyes. It told her a story about a serpent of light coiled around the hard ridges of [...]
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Nov, 2018
Dia De Los Muertos
The prompt for this one was "nature's tranquilizer." This is where it led. I had one of those nights when I thought I couldn’t sleep, when I thought my mind [...]