Tag Archives: creative writing

The “like button” twirls, curtsies and waves goodbye (or so we think)

Posted on November 15, 2020 by

Yesterday the “like button” twirled, curtsied and exited stage left, waving merrily goodbye as she left. Ms. Like Button and I chatted over tea earlier in the day while the Holy poured. I laid the cards on the table as … Continue reading →

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The unsayable and the ordinary

Posted on October 16, 2020 by

I have been trying to write a blog since 6:30 a.m. Two creative writing pieces. Each one started strong, dribbled out in the middle and seemingly died a dark and exhausted death. Kind of like carved-out pumpkins jeering back at … Continue reading →

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Winter winked its lazy ice-blue eye at us this morning.

Posted on September 14, 2020 by

Winter winked its lazy ice-blue eye at us this morning. Thirty seven autumn degrees, it nodded. Prepare thyselves. I am coming. Just around the pumpkin bend. Dig up those garden carrots. Finish those bunching onions. I’m coming first for the … Continue reading →

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Friday morning psalm of your grandma’s gingerbread cake and sweet Joe-Pye Weed

Posted on July 24, 2020 by

We’ll start this Friday morning psalm with a fleeting memory of your grandma’s gingerbread cake, or that strawberry rhubarb pie, or those sugar cookies she served you with a cold glass of milk. While you lick the crumbs of memory … Continue reading →

Posted in July, 2020 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 45 Comments