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It wasn’t about the cat.
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I seem to have defied logic.
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“We’re your cheering section, sent from Zeus to make you smile.”
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“We belong together, Cynthia. I’ll be gentle with you forever. I will keep you safe even in your dreams.”
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No time share was worth freezer burn…
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Finally, after all these years, the “Lionel and Berny,” an intimate bowl of a theatre would open.
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Not everyone dreams of living in a mansion with granite. Some of us dream of a house with an old stone wall.
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I Might Have to Break the First Rule of Writing
Never start a novel with the weather. Read more
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WeeGee Slumber Party
“Don’t tell your mom I let you see a Ouija Board. They’re not toys,” Read more
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Today is the Day
Today is the day I say goodbye to Thanksgiving break. Anxiety and depression levels are rising, tonight is a school night after all. No more messing around with cats, movies, music, and road trips. House cleaning and laundry will become more of the chore they were before, and less of a leisure activity, they were… Read more
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Pastry Time
I am tempted to begin making my rough puff pastry for Christmas. It’s fully delicious and cheap to make. Yet it is the most labor intensive of all the Christmas delicacies I create, It’s worth every moment it takes for its creation. Butter and flour, rolled, folded, refrigerated and repeated at least five times, it… Read more
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The Beaded Purse
Sherri had her daughter’s heart’s desire. Annie needed a beaded clutch purse to go with her formal dress for the prom, just big enough to hold her lipstick and her glasses. Styles go round and round, and she sure enough saved the pocket book she’d taken to her formal dance years ago. Truth be told,… Read more
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It wasn’t about the cat.
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I seem to have defied logic.
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“We’re your cheering section, sent from Zeus to make you smile.”
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“We belong together, Cynthia. I’ll be gentle with you forever. I will keep you safe even in your dreams.”
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No time share was worth freezer burn…
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Finally, after all these years, the “Lionel and Berny,” an intimate bowl of a theatre would open.
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Not everyone dreams of living in a mansion with granite. Some of us dream of a house with an old stone wall.
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Test Day
It’s the little things that make mountains. Kaiden didn’t want to wear his headphones even though they were a requirement for the test. “I know how to read, why do I have to do this?” He was in the sixth grade, and his third grade reading scores indicated that headphones would be more helpful than…
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Milk and Bread
What was I supposed to do, paint illustrations of ghost stories?
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Nobody is watching
Nobody is watching.
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Joys of Homeownership
“I know it’s not much, but I’ve been saving this for the apocalypse,” Traci dumped her bag on the dining room table. A ball of twine, a box of matches, a straight razor, scissors, a bottle of valium, and a loaded pistol. “This isn’t the apocalypse, the pipes are backed up. We have to call…
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Paris
Betty dreaded opening the package the mailman was about to deliver. She knew what it was when she watched him come up the street. She should just refuse to accept it, turn around and send it back right then. Return to sender. That would be the smart thing to do. She didn’t want to dredge…
Devonne Brown 