I lay quietly on my bunk in the old maintenance room. The bunk is a springy affair. A metal framed monstrosity that looks like it belonged in some 1920 tuberculosis ward. The mattress doesn’t even reach the full length of the springs. Stopping about a foot short of the frame. I let my feet hang… Continue reading A story.
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A story.
Regarding yesterday’s post.
It's an idea I had that I developed into a short little beastie of a story a few years back. Except there is very little editing and the pacing is all wrong. I think the biggest thing that happened there is that I wanted the twist and instead I got impatient. In my head the… Continue reading Regarding yesterday’s post.
A Saturday night in my thoughts.
Bit of a rant, bit of a cant, bit of a wish, and bit of a bi- Please, push aside the curtain and welcome to my thoughts as they happened one Saturday: Wrap your heart in metal foil strike the shine with sparks of iron move the hand with motes of blood hold together with… Continue reading A Saturday night in my thoughts.
Sick Child
It's almost 10. Might as well be midnight. 4 am wake-up and I'm up and listening in a quiet terrified way to my son breathing. He had large tonsils and the cold he has isn't helping. What can I do? Take him worried to a room full of sick people and get told he just… Continue reading Sick Child
Daily Writing.
So one of the goals here is to regularly write a new story, new poem, new essay, or post a new art piece. For the first time in a long desperate sojourn through the hills and desert of our life we have found an oasis. Oh, how we intend to capitalize on that. She has… Continue reading Daily Writing.
Wordsremember 