"Research shows Sidney Rosenthal developed and marketed a felt tip-marking device in 1952. The device consisted of a glass bottle to hold the ink and a wool felt wick and writing tip. Rosenthal named the new marking device Magic Marker…
View writingAna stood stock still, right paw held high, unsure what to do next. In front of her, a weeping unicorn knelt in front of a small stone with carvings Ana could not quite read. In fox form, her eyes had…
View writing(Here's the next installment.) “Maybe I’m just worried about you.” “Worrying about me is like worrying about whether it’s going to rain. No point to it.” He adjusted the pillow behind his head. “You still thinking about buying the McCracken…
View writingI am worried about a mouse. Possibly mice, plural. I’m using a cane a friend insisted I “keep” in case I needed it. She didn’t. “I don’t either,” I said. I’d been recovering from a pulled ligament or something and…
View writing"Alejandro Jimenez was the original artist doing the wood carvings of alebrijes here in Oaxaca!" Jorges said, one hand on the steering wheel as we made our way up the hill, pointing to the brochure in Jules hand as proof.…
View writingA great keening echoed over the rolling downs. It was a piercing, gut wrenching sound. A haunting melody accompanied it, rising from pipe and fiddle. The deep rumble of drums sat under it all. The hills seemed to pulse with…
View writingJenna actually laughed. They leaned towards one another. She knew Birgit wanted to be helprul her and she was not so far gone that she did not want to be helped, but she was pretty sure that she wanted to…
View writing“Not to be rude, but anyone can post photos from a night market or tourist stuff." Sabrina jabbed her straw deeper into the pineapple cocktail for one final slurp. "Why don’t you get personal? Bring your family into all of…
View writingOn Sunday, we wandered into a shop in the center of Oaxaca, mainly to investigate an array of hand embroidered sneakers in a variety of vivid colors, patterns and imagery that were arranged in tight rows on every wall of…
View writingI went to see a movie in the movie theater, yesterday, first time in many months. There are fewer and fewer theaters, to be sure, and none of them is walkable from my apartment. Then there's the endless stream of…
View writingI go back to Pensacola, Florida, that is where my Navy career started after bootcamp. Where does that name come from? Bootcamp. You earned your boots. You started with "not boots" but shoes with "leggings." "This here's a shitcan you…
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