Annika, the Shoemaker’s Daughter

Annika, the Shoemaker’s Daughter Written with my Thursday writing group with the prompts:  forbidden, midafternoon stop and go pattern, cracking into the present, escaping into the future, stared and waved, towels dropped over her, cheese paddle, song, shoemaker’s daughter, she was a cheap exhibitionist, with the sun in her eyes, if you want to learn the … Continue reading Annika, the Shoemaker’s Daughter

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 day when the levee curves at the bend near the university, she wanders into a stand of cottonwood trees and passes through an invisible curtain … Continue reading Blue Danube