Today at 5:30 pm, my beloved sister-in-law, Sandra, died. I talked to her yesterday on the phone and told her I loved her and would see after her three grown girls. Today, all day I have thought about her and then late this afternoon, I received the phone call. Sandra is one of my oldest…
Category: Writing
Prompt: The Word Resistance, Which I Have Seen in Three Places Just Today
It wasn’t the resistance that bothered Jane, it was the pressure that went with it. She expected Philip to resist her suggestions, but she had not anticipated his attempt to relentlessly persuade her to do the exact opposite of what she was advising. “Give up your job,” he kept saying every time she gently but…
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Prompt: Tootsie Roll
My daddy called me “Tootsie Roll,” and though I was a normal sized little kid, I realize now that it didn’t take too long before I saw myself slightly reminiscent of how a tootsie roll looks – rather thick. It didn’t help that when I was in junior high and I asked Daddy if I…
Prompt: Tough Night to Write
I would be lying if I said that it’s easy to write tonight. I’ve tried three different times with three different stories and nothing is striking my fancy after ten lines or so. Nothing suits tonight. This is just the way it is sometimes with writing. Some days, I can write with a one word…
Prompt: A Jewish/Christian Romance
Clarisse sipped on her cup of hot tea and contemplated what to say to Roger. How could she explain her position on Christianity to this man who was such a wholehearted Jew? Their relationship was doomed. How would he ever understand that for her, her belief in Jesus did not in any way impinge on…
Early Thanksgiving Day
It’s gray outside, looks like rain. Lovely here in Southern CA where we not only need the rain, but also a respite from day after day of the same weather, lovely as it is. I have lots to do this morning: prep the turkey and get it in the oven, scrub potatoes and chop to…
Prompt: Yams
“I am not doing these dishes,” Maria snapped at her mother. “Look at them – dried turkey and dressing and yams all over them. Has anybody around here ever thought of buying a dishwater?” Camilla Lopez regarded her sixteen-year-old with skeptical eyes. “Have you decided you’re too good to do these dishes? That private school…
Getting Ready for Thanksgiving
It’s almost Thanksgiving and I’m excited. We have family coming and a few friends; there will be 10 in all. In past years, we’ve hosted as many as 20 so this seems rather small in comparison. Small is good. That means less stress and more opportunity to experiment with different recipes. The only sad aspect…
Homeless in Hollywood
Yesterday I had a conversation with a homeless man named Albert at our church. He was there for the service and I’ve known him for several years now since I volunteer at our church’s bi-monthly homeless breakfast. “How are you?” I said when I saw him at coffee hour. “It’s been a while.” “Two years,”…
