30 Second Story…..Time Out for Kurt

September 30, 2012

It had been many years since Kurt had been back home to see his mother.  Rocky, was their relationship at best.   As a child, Kurt spent more hours in the “time out” chair than he would like to remember.  To his recollection, he wasn’t a bad kid and surmised that his mother must have just […]

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Turn Back the Clock

September 23, 2012

My tears have shaken him. He begs, begging me to reverse my desperation. I have frightened his boy heart, perhaps even broken it.   Six words of recklessness, raking the grief laden air.   We melt together, his grip holding me here. Honoring the weight of his anchor, I encircle his body, catching his fear. […]

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Vintage Roll Call…..Leo

September 17, 2012

Leo was a quiet sort.   He married Sheila 37 years ago and knew within weeks he had made a mistake.  Her nonstop gabbing made him desperate for peace and quiet.  Since killing her was out of the question, his only solution was to pretend to be sleeping whenever she entered the room.  He was a […]

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Vintage Roll Call……Beatrice

September 13, 2012

  Beatrice goes to the University of Oregon and has a huge crush on her Molecular Biology professor.  She spends her evenings knitting him socks and secretly leaves them in his school mail box.   When her mother inquires who the socks are for, Beatrice says she is knitting them for the gentlemen at the VA […]

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30 Second Story……The man from Mars

September 11, 2012

For newlyweds Amy and Clark, it was the perfect day for a stroll along the boardwalk.  When they happened to run into Amy’s old boyfriend Louis, things seemed a bit awkward until Louis kindly offered to take their photo.  When Louis kept telling them to move a little more to their right, they had no idea […]

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