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  • Mystery Guests

    Please stop by and say, “Hello,” if you read my words. You make my day.

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  • Players

    That play flopped like a fish on a dock.

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  • Packing

    My mom put a curse on me when I was a kid.

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  • Isn’t it sad that most of us begin the day with a lie?

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  • Testing

    he was “crushin’ on her bad.

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  • Zaftig Goddess

    Think Marilyn Monroe and the subway grate…

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  • Twirly Training

    You were flying…you didn’t need to fly into the rose bushes but you did fly.

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  • *Everlastingly-Updated

    “The mighty being is awake and doth with his eternal motion make a sound like thunder, everlastingly.” Wordsworth

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  • I will never be mother, sister, friend, or decent human of the year because of stupid Christmas cards.

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  • Hope

    Moonlight Shadow, by Gabriele Corno I meant to get the chairs under the deck before winter came, I really did. I enjoy watching the ducks and geese on the pond so much that I just didn’t want to move the chair. My chair. I moved all the other ones under the deck, that should count

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  • January 6

    In a flash of inspiration, Cynthia decided to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany.  She’d had a vision of the three wise men giving their gifts to the Christ child and decided it would be fun to have a small Christmas today. She was sure to get an eye roll from her kids. That’s what Read more

  • Time is a bootlegged curse

    Who would have thought a six year old would put a curse on a toybox, but he did. Ian wrote “This toybox is cursed” on the lid of a round cheese wheel box in permanent black marker. He’d given warning, especially to his brother Nick, to leave his stuff alone.  Time is a bootlegged curse. Read more

  • The Last Goodbye

    Jill set up the tea table for her and Alan. It was the most romantic spot she had ever seen. It was stupid to put it in a field of perfect spheres of ripe round seeds, ready to blow away at the slightest breeze. Nothing stays the same. It wasn’t windy, maybe it would last Read more

  • Ukiyo 

    “I’m home,” Liza said walking through the door of her house. Nobody answered, nobody was there. “I’m home,” she sighed. The silence that greeted her made her smile. She set her bag on the floor beside the china cabinet and heard the faint rattle of the dishes within its wooden walls. The cat sauntered from Read more

  • Reflection

    Will I be calm because I am the crone now? The wise woman and matriarch. I’ve been where most women haven’t been yet and I hope they don’t have to tread in all of my footsteps. I’ve walked through painful places, broken glass and hot coals in bare feet to develop the calluses of wisdom.  Read more

  • Mystery Guests

    Please stop by and say, “Hello,” if you read my words. You make my day.

    Read more

  • Players

    That play flopped like a fish on a dock.

    Read more

  • Packing

    My mom put a curse on me when I was a kid.

    Read more

  • Isn’t it sad that most of us begin the day with a lie?

    Read more

  • Testing

    he was “crushin’ on her bad.

    Read more

  • Zaftig Goddess

    Think Marilyn Monroe and the subway grate…

    Read more

  • Twirly Training

    You were flying…you didn’t need to fly into the rose bushes but you did fly.

    Read more

  • *Everlastingly-Updated

    “The mighty being is awake and doth with his eternal motion make a sound like thunder, everlastingly.” Wordsworth

    Read more

  • I will never be mother, sister, friend, or decent human of the year because of stupid Christmas cards.

    Read more

  • Hope

    Moonlight Shadow, by Gabriele Corno I meant to get the chairs under the deck before winter came, I really did. I enjoy watching the ducks and geese on the pond so much that I just didn’t want to move the chair. My chair. I moved all the other ones under the deck, that should count

    Read more