Thank You 01/22/2017 Scanning the white-tiled kitchen floors, the Formica countertops, and peering through the kitchen at the wood flooring in the living room, I could see that my husband hired maids in my absence. The house looked great, but I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. Sadness, resentment… I should’ve felt grateful, but I didn’t. He held my arm as we walked into the living room. Degas prints covered the walls. During another time in my life, I selected each one, and arranged and rearranged the art until READ MORE
Scanning the white-tiled kitchen floors, the Formica countertops, and peering through the kitchen at the wood flooring in the living room, I could see that my husband hired maids in my absence. The house looked great, but I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. Sadness, resentment… I should’ve felt grateful, but I didn’t. He held my arm as we walked into the living room. Degas prints covered the walls. During another time in my life, I selected each one, and arranged and rearranged the art until
Saved From the Light 01/17/2017 In the dark, Lilly reached above her mattress to find her shoes. Carefully, so as not to make a sound, she sat up with the sheet wrapped around her, and slipped the shoes on and tied the laces. To her left, someone rustled on a mattress. Perhaps her mother or another child. Lilly wasn’t sure, so she lay back and stayed silent, unmoving and counted the seconds. Three hundred seconds. It didn’t seem to be long enough since she last heard movement, but how long should she wait in the dark READ MORE
In the dark, Lilly reached above her mattress to find her shoes. Carefully, so as not to make a sound, she sat up with the sheet wrapped around her, and slipped the shoes on and tied the laces. To her left, someone rustled on a mattress. Perhaps her mother or another child. Lilly wasn’t sure, so she lay back and stayed silent, unmoving and counted the seconds. Three hundred seconds. It didn’t seem to be long enough since she last heard movement, but how long should she wait in the dark
Front Row 01/08/2017 I'm feeling significantly better after being down with surgery and illness for a month. So, I'm back to writing very short stories again. I hope you enjoy this one. Do you remember me? You were so wild and free, charismatic. I was so cautious. Today’s the first day of the kite festival. Orange and blue hawks with tails longer than our bodies, swooping and diving and soaring as high as the string allow them to go. It almost seems a shame that they should be tethered to this earth when it READ MORE
I'm feeling significantly better after being down with surgery and illness for a month. So, I'm back to writing very short stories again. I hope you enjoy this one. Do you remember me? You were so wild and free, charismatic. I was so cautious. Today’s the first day of the kite festival. Orange and blue hawks with tails longer than our bodies, swooping and diving and soaring as high as the string allow them to go. It almost seems a shame that they should be tethered to this earth when it
