Kinship. What does it mean to be kindred to another? To be kindred leads to a story of our blood relations, a kinship theory. Becoming family through sharing blood leads back to some of the earliest stories of our kind.…

[these are ongoing characters from my exploration of writing longer form fiction in the last week+, who knew? lol] For a moment, she lost count of the days. They had been to the little shop twice. Ada had written the…

[not my wandering story] There was a time not too long ago when I fantasized about moving to Portland. It was not a serious interest, just one of those ideas I like to roll around in my head. There are…

[not the story...] The rain fell outside the window but the eaves kept it at a distance until the lightening struck. The wind picked up, swirled through the village, and threw the pounding rain at my view of the world.…

Her birth name was Sarah Nightshade Llewelyn Penta, 3rd in line to the throne of Pentaland, beloved only daughter of King Rufus Reginald Penta, Ruler of All He Surveyed and All He Could Not Yet Behold But One Day Would!…

Dear Isaac, The other night, I stayed over at your house. Before going to bed, you told me that you'd left a bowl of pasta, 4 blueberry muffins, a box of cereal, and a can of cafe latte on the…

“Oh me oh my….oh yes!”, Gladys exclaimed as she looked at her adorable and adoring self in full length.. “This peach is perfect with this wine rose silk…mouth watering, even if I do say so myself!” Gladys always felt she…

[still working on ongoing story about Amelia, the ambivalent grad student on the cusp of making a decision, any decision. She has a huge rescue dog Raul and a very wealthy friend Jana. Her thesis advisor has recently suggested she…

7.15.26 Mary Myrrha Waxing Crescent phase in Virgo Venus is an evening star in Leo Under a morning star, Mary-Myrrha gazes at me from within a frozen river in my chest. Through the ice, I see the apple blush of…

[I started working with a poetry tutor in the UK. It's remarkable to me how very skilled writing coaches are so affordable in Europe. He encouraged me to add a note to my poem about the references and meaning] "Under…

Eggs. Butter. Flour. Jam — Ada spent 6 whole minutes debating the merits of blueberry and strawberry, and the strawberry won. There was enough blue in the cottage already. Onions. Late tomatoes from the farm over there. A chicken that…

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