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Category Archives: Writing Work
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With her faded dress and worn shoes, she knew she couldn’t go to her normal haunts, like her favorite bookstore or the tea shop where they served her favorite scones. She’d dashed out of the house intending to just drop some … Continue reading
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Soot on the Fireplace
Soot covered the walls around the perimeter of the fireplace tiles, like a small child fighting to color within the lines. There was a light spot in the soot like someone had scribbled with a finger. She chose a high-back … Continue reading
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For My Sake
Please try to persuade him to come, for my sake, she said, and I wondered, not for the first time, what sake she meant. It’s a funny phrase, for my sake, that is, and I was always thinking about how … Continue reading
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Clementine
Was it simply luck that had caused her to turn down this street? There were so many little streets winding through this French town Chartres and delights around each corner. She lingered over charming storefronts and snapped photos of ornate … Continue reading
Lurch
He had an hour to get home. If he didn’t make it in time the dog would pee on the bathmat in the bathroom and there would be hell to pay. He’d hear his wife’s strident voice for the thousandth time … Continue reading
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Under the Oak Tree
There was just one person she needed. And he’d moved to another city far away from the farm she still lived on with her parents. The night before he left they sat together under the oak tree, watching the horses … Continue reading
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The Brotherhood of Shopping Carts
As he opened the car door there was a loud rattling noise behind him and something slammed into the back of his legs. He turned to look and there was a shopping cart nudged up behind him. He pushed back … Continue reading
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Tagged Shopping, shopping cart, whimsy, writing challenge, writing prompt
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Pie and Ice Cream
He sat alone in the coffee shop by the window. Cold grey sleet made a ticky ticky sound on the glass before it turned to water and ran like tears down the pane. Loosely he held the hot cup in … Continue reading
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Tagged diner, grief, kindness, love, mom, writing calisthenics, writing prompt
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What Would Henry Say?
If you couldn’t arrange a solar eclipse to darken your day, there was always Henry. He sat two cubicles over in our smallish office area. We had a smaller team than some of the others so there were only 8 … Continue reading
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Penelope's Musings 