Categories: Short Stories, Fiction, Life Stories, Travel Stories
Hospital Room Make-Over
May 23rd, 2008At today's regular doctor's appointment, we were encouraged to make the hospital sick (I mean, birthing) room over into a home away from home, bringing along familiar things to trick every sense into believing we were in a comfortable space.
I conside… more »
Funny Tooth Pain
November 5th, 2007It hasn't really been funny. It's been sad and it's been painful - for months. It's actually been so sad and so painful for so long, all I can really do is laugh now. Laugh at my never-ending dental construction. (Maybe it's the painkillers that make it… more »
Refractions and Reflections
July 12th, 2007I remember a time that I walked around to the other side of our pond and sat on the hot shale and gazed into the water at the organisms below the surface and on the surface and above the surface. Water striders, tadpoles, and an old tire covered with gre… more »
The Creative Genius is Out
July 10th, 2007I knock, but there is no answer. The creative genius is out for the day and all writing will be discontinued until his return. Alas! and I must write for my composition class, too. What terrible timing! When might he be back?
+ You never can tell. Som… more »
Career Displacement
July 9th, 2007I watched his small, eleven year old body as it moved into the uniform blue crowd and was swallowed. My heart dropped, colliding with my diaphragm. I turned away. How had it come to this? He was just a child. He was frightened. I'd seen it in his foggy,… more »
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