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Michael Welch

Michael Welch
in
the Cafe

Voices from the Margin

I write, I run. Not at the same time, usually… but I’ve been doing each for more than twenty-five years now. Over that time my pace has…

Aug 5, 2017

Voices from the Margin

Aug 5, 2017

Michael Welch
in
Be Yourself

Shit… my daughters could read this.

I’ve been told that I’m a dark, raw writer, and sure, that about covers it. By this I mean, give me a topic as innocent and celebrative as…

Jul 18, 2017

Shit… my daughters could read this.

Jul 18, 2017

Michael Welch
in
Human Parts

Framed Beside Her

Funny… not so funny… how my father, always the evangelical atheist, never mentioned that someday down the line, when I truly needed a spot…

Jul 5, 2017

Framed Beside Her

Jul 5, 2017

Michael Welch
in
the Cafe

Benched

Here I am, right now…walking around Seattle, my new home…finding a spot to sit near Pike Place Market, lots of people swirling around me…

May 31, 2017

Benched

May 31, 2017

Michael Welch
in
Be Yourself

13 Things That Won’t Change Your Life Forever

If someone living twenty years ago (don’t even think about forty) were to witness the way we are connecting right now — this thing called…

May 29, 2017

May 29, 2017

Michael Welch
in
Literally Literary

Sealed Up

What comes back to me first is how Lalo used to call huddles. Any decision, even the most sinister, required a huddle to get everyone on…

May 8, 2017

Sealed Up

May 8, 2017

Michael Welch
in
Bullshit.IST

Neighborliness — by App

I was first approached by Nextdoor when I moved with my family to Seattle last year. Nextdoor: a relatively new but flourishing national…

Apr 27, 2017

Apr 27, 2017

Michael Welch

“Yo — Dad”

I remember standing beside him in our driveway, he in his unbelted terrycloth robe and sagging Fruit of the Looms, crouched slightly with…

Mar 28, 2017

Mar 28, 2017

Michael Welch
in
The Junction

An Intersection of Bones

Gene wakes up when he likes, but it is always early. He’ll eventually make it over to the park, but not until he’s taken care of a few…

Mar 12, 2017

An Intersection of Bones

Mar 12, 2017

Michael Welch
in
The Junction

The Rental

I bought it as a rental, this little bungalow next door: 2BR/1BA, old walls but solid, nice little lawn with fence, only a few repairs…

Feb 6, 2017

The Rental

Feb 6, 2017

Michael Welch

Michael Welch

Fiction writer, dad, prison worker… writer for Creative Cafe; The Junction; Bullshitlst… blogs at VoicesfromtheMargin.com, MichaelWelchWriter on Facebook.

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