Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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Saturday, September 24, 2016

A story fragment I'm working on

Paul Sells The place was busy as usual, different workers at cross-purposes orbiting my work station with the crises of the moment, snags they’d hit, questions they knew the answers to but had forgotten, working themselves into a forgetful panic. Then Paul came through the front door moving... Sign in to see full entry.

A story from The Center

THE WOMAN WHO LOST THE MOON We were on the bus coming back from the excursion and I closed my eyes for a few seconds, soothed by the hum of the wheels and quiet conversations in seats around me. When I opened my eyes I saw the moon, gloriously full and golden, newly risen above the tree line. It... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 23, 2016

Birthday Surprises

Did I mention that on Tuesday when I got back from The Center, there was a delivery tag hanging on my front doorknob? It seems a floral delivery has come for me while I was away. I called the number on the tag, they came later that afternoon. It was a “Happy Birthday” floral arrangement that looked... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Paved With Good Intentions

Mama used to say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. I think she was on to something. Yesterday I put off printing out the handout for this morning’s writing session at The Center, thinking there’d be plenty of time before nine a.m. And there was. Trouble was, Microsoft decided to... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Threads

As I was doing my little busy tasks, making the coffee, counting out my morning pills and starting the dishwasher, my mind was elsewhere, doing that thing I’ve learned to call pre-writing. In my mind’s eye I saw myself walking into The Center tomorrow, carrying a bushel basket of hats, crochet yarns... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Introduction to "922 Holyoake Road" cont'd.

Like births, most funerals took place in the home. Infants smothered in their blankets, toddlers fell into wells, climbed up into rain barrels and were lost before mothers were aware. There were accidents with open fires. Children and adults died of pneumonia, infections. They were stepped on by... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 19, 2016

Excerpt from "922 Holyoake Road" a true crime novel

INTRODUCTION: America in 1910 was a man’s world. Women could neither vote nor serve on juries. A female did not have full-fledged citizenship. Her status was above that of child but below man. Legally, a married couple was considered one person and that person was the husband. A single woman might... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 18, 2016

The Cover Blurb:

Henry met Margaret during the gap between the Great Depression and World War II. Henry was a sailor with a girl in every port attitude, a gunner’s mate on the USS Saratoga. Margaret had gone through a painful divorce a year earlier and promised herself never again to let a man mistreat her. They... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Story Hour at the Chef's Shop

Saturdays are my day to play Klondike Solitaire on my computer and listen to NPR “All Things Considered,” “It’s Only a Game,” “Best of Car Talk,” and “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me (the NPR News Quiz).' But today there was a sidewalk sale at the Chef’s Shoppe, with profits going to the pet rescue group... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 16, 2016

No More Faking It

Each meeting of the writing group - there are a round dozen of us now - gets more and more interesting. For the first year and a half I attended and as Mary began to need it, helped work up the topic ideas, we stuck to light stories about the good old days. It was the Beaver Cleaver version... Sign in to see full entry.

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