Short pieces, memories, vignettes & anecdotes. Humorous, inspirational, serious, celebratory, surreal, pointless, personal or sad — A place to share them.
Going to a magic show my senior year of high school lead to the most unexpected—and valuable— friendship I’ve ever had.
The First Time I Felt Different
This run consists of five cycles of eight minutes running, one minute walking, and I am in the last walking segment before the last run.
Why a convenience store is important to my daughters
A rendez-vous in the middle
Memories of a rural Alaskan youth
After a while, we are only strangers to each other
Our hearts are filled
and seeking their affirmation
The addiction of taking pictures and how it can weaken your memories
Five years later, a silent retreat smashes the dam open
Searching a new world that wonders your life
“We kept two rabbits, in a hutch my father made…”
I drew pictures when I was seven years old. They’re better than the ones I don’t do now (I just checked).
Day 40
Torpid ropes of ionized flesh envelope me in a binding gaze.
a testament of survival
Moment to Moment
Bored in Class
Comic shop owner in southern Illinois makes a change
I grew up where pines grew sure and tall. We lived under the pines.
Day 47
Living on in what is left behind
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