Tag Archives: Stories

Surprise

it was a surprise to find the gate open giving entry to the rutted road I’d not walked since my youth we meandered the yards around the abandoned farmhouse and barns my friend wanted to try the doors I was … Continue reading

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Dinner on the Porch

august in the city cicadas’ songs adding magic to the music and stories on Lesly’s front porch

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Secrets

secrets can change lives sharing them can, too choose carefully which secrets to share which to hold close which deserve a new story each choice has its own value choose carefully Written in April 2018, many months before the Supreme … Continue reading

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Figs

looking through my kitchen window I notice my fig bush has grown several feet since last summer I can no longer pull down the top limbs to harvest the ripe, brown fruit when contemplating my figs, I usually think of … Continue reading

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Soar

his stomach knotted as he recalled the pattern his thoughts tightened as he climbed the graveled path he had trimmed his plans to keep them simple and low-key the ocean spray calmed him as he walked the cliff’s edge suddenly, … Continue reading

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Secrets

assuming another identity I walked from my office desk to Atlanta’s tree-lined streets in every kind of weather escaping is why I relished my private detective work   An old photo from my years of detective work. My position was … Continue reading

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Exile

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Exile made a rash decision to exile the three who cradled their secret stories as clues piled up like autumn apples and peering spirits clawed for more ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Written for The Sunday Whirl.  The words this week are claws, … Continue reading

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