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Month: November 2011
Today in Corpus Christi
My husband and I have come to Corpus Christi to see our daughter, Sarah, who is a 3rd year medical student doing her rotations down here on the Texas coast. She’s been here since July and we’ve seen her a couple of times in California or at our home in North Central Texas, but this…
Prompt: Random Names: Jack and Ava; Random Location: Deserted Island in the Pacific
“This is great,” Jack said, lying down in the fine white sand and staring off at the sunset. I’m happy we’re here.” Ava stared at him in disbelief. “Are you kidding me? It’s going to be dark in less than an hour and we have no idea where we’re going to sleep tonight, much less…
Reflections on This 20 Minutes a Day Writing Process
I have to admit that writing for 20 minutes a day – which ends up being around 40 once I edit – and then publishing on this blog has not been exactly like gobbling down a piece of moist chocolate cake with lots of butter cream frosting on top. (Can you tell I’m hungry?) No,…
A Trip Home
After Cecilia knocked on the front door of her childhood home and waited for the people who had lived there now twenty years to answer, she reached out and touched the stucco wall next to the door. It was the same beige that it had been when she was a girl and was rough to…
A Surreal Encounter
“Joy” “What’s that?” Joy Matthews looked up from her desk at her office mate, Connie Clements. “Very funny.” Joy knew that Connie didn’t actually think she was funny. She was the most unfunny person she knew – bordering on morose – and her name was some cosmic joke, poking endless fun at the discrepancy. Her…
20 Minutes a Day 