A Quiet Corner of a Busy World
9:00 am: I hadn’t been hiking in the nine months that I had lived in Guadalajara, but now, I was filling up a knapsack with water, lunch, snacks, camera, sunscreen, and extra socks. I was so ready for a break from the city! My American friend, Bev, and I only had to wait a half [...]
In September, I got a book I had been wanting for a while. Every Moment Holy Volume1 by Doug McKelvey is a collection of liturgies for ordinary people and situations. There are liturgies for preparing a meal, for students, for the enjoyment of bonfires, for welcoming a new pet, etc. It has been a big [...]
A man wearing black pants and a blue polo shirt trudged home along the cracked sidewalk, sweating heavily and muttering under his breath, “On the bus route, huh?” It was true that this selling point had been an exaggeration in the rent advertisement which had caught his attention last month. On the other hand, it [...]
“So nice to meet you, Will.” “William. Nice to meet you too, Samantha.” “William, of course. You can call me Sam.” The pair shook hands and then sat down on their respective sides of the desk. Sam was looking for an assistant for her start up business that helped local small businesses expand online and [...]
A short fictional story “Don’t worry, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson. I have your numbers and I’ll keep my phone with me.” “Ok, thanks. Let’s go, honey,” Dad pulled Mom’s sleeve. Mom squeezed Adelyn, who was busy playing with her toes, and then me. “Please listen to Miss Jessica, ok, Ginny? Ask for permission first, right?” [...]
realistic fiction “Dearly beloved…” Ellie squeezed Joe’s hand. She would have leaned in to lay her head on his shoulder, but it was too humid for that. He smiled at her before turning his attention back to where his cousin and her groom stood holding hands. The landscape behind the happy couple was gorgeous. It [...]
Fiction It was going to be one of those days. One of the students knocked my coffee off my desk and it had only gone downhill from there. I just had fifteen minutes left to give a spelling lesson and then I could drop the students off at lunch. Twenty minutes of peace! “Sorry,” the [...]
Irony...I didn't write anything for my blog last weekend because I was on a writer's retreat. I did plenty of writing, but not quite enough polishing to post. This was the first (hopefully annual) retreat for the Habit membership, which is an online library of writing resources by Jonathan Rogers and a community for like-minded [...]
“Look what I brought, Miss Barnwell.” I looked up from entering attendance on my computer and made eye contact with the impish painted eyes of a 10-inch doll. It was sitting in a coy pose, hugging its knees, inside an enormous glass pickle jar. I eventually regained the mental strength to break eye contact and [...]
A little fiction from a recent writing assignment... Suzanne lifted the hamper onto her hip. “Last call for laundry!” As she walked to the top of the stairs, a door flew open. Darren threw a pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and a sweaty sock on top of the hamper. Yes, just one sock. Suzanne raised [...]
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