In the end, I think it was inevitable that writing would become my passion. Starting from the beginning, my fascination with words and stories was engendered by the original, the best, and the most compelling storyteller of them all: my mother. I remember watching her when she would tell a story. Her voice would dip …
Balaenoptera (i’m speechless)
as it rains and rains…
"“The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” - Henry W. Longfellow
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Short Story Prompt – 04/21/14
Short Story Prompt: Write a story incorporating the first day of school, a love note, and a recipe with a significant mistake. Thanks, Laur! The Firefighter The morning was stressful. The kids were all starting their respective first days of school, which meant varying degrees of mania. Alexandra was a brand new 7th …
Every Beautiful Thing…
dancing.
you don’t want my charleston, my waltz or my shimmy, but you keep drowning me with your jive.
Short Story Prompt – 03/24/14
Your character's boss invites her and her husband to dinner. Your character wants to make a good impression, but her husband has a tendency to drink too much and say exactly what's on his mind... Clarity “She’s in love with you, you know.” She sharply turns toward you, her eyes wide, the skin at the …
Thank you, Afrikan Butterfly!
I was nominated for two blog awards!! *That's me in the corner, attempting a cartwheel. Note that I was distracted in tumbling class* Thanks to Ms. Afrikan Butterfly, This Square Peg was nominated for the Sunshine and Shine awards, for bloggers "who positively and creatively inspire others in the blogsphere." The coolness of that knows no …
About a Boy.
As I stood in line at the café at work and watched one of the employees step over to the espresso machine to whip up a latte for a customer, I thought of him. It was such an interesting time in my life, really, all of it, and he was, by far, the most significant …
This Square Peg. 