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Breakfast with Lou Ann

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Lynette

  He was older than she’d thought he would be when she had glanced at the photo of him in the newspaper. In person there were more gray hairs at his temples and some grizzling along his jawline which was … Continue reading →

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Word of the Year 2019

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Lynette
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The Woman in the Lake

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Lynette

  She lay exhausted staring at the still wet canvas. It stretched around three walls of the room. She’d pulled all the furniture out of the home office so she’d have room to staple the canvas to the walls.  She was … Continue reading →

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Sea Dance

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Lynette

She was a stranger in a very strange land and yet everything felt so familiar, like it can in the most impossible of dreams. She wasn’t dreaming, but it felt like she was, as she moved among the different sculptures … Continue reading →

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Clementine

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Lynette

  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 →

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SlimJim

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Lynette

I could hear my dad’s voice but I couldn’t see him since I was lying on my side facing the desert. “Don’t hurt my boy.  I will give you anything you want.” I was duct-taped, naked, freezing, and had a … Continue reading →

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Life Can Go On Undimmed

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Lynette

  “He liked to see a woman still flaunting her powers of attraction.  His taste, these days, ran not to the young, not even to the middle-aged, but to those about to enter their late fifties or even early sixties. … Continue reading →

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Poets Live On Their Senses

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Lynette

“I suppose what most people associate with poetry is soul-searching and fiercely held emotions.  We expect the poet to be a monger of intensity, to pain for us, to reach into the campfire so that we can linger in the woods … Continue reading →

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Spirals Up A Mountain

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Lynette
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Recipe for a Sour Day

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Lynette

Walk to the lake- preferably at dusk, the gray cashmere air soft upon your cheeks. Wear polka dot shiny rain boots and carry a furled umbrella, twirling it like a baton. Savagely stomp through every puddle you find, unless there’s … Continue reading →

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