Tag Archives: Colorado

The March. Guest post by #theRedondoBeachDude.

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

On an early Friday morning three tiny travelers make their way to school. Passing shining blades of grass, the trio giggles and smiles with the brightness of the day. Hand in hand, step by little step, they proudly display backpacks … Continue reading →

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Fear in Footwear

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

There’s something to the Target shoe department.  I’ve heard children say, “I wish people would stop having babies so we could stop going to baby showers.” I’ve seen children shuffling along in adult heels, seeking their parents or making their … Continue reading →

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Cat Scratch Traffic

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

She squints at the stop sign with the groggy look of 6:00 am drivers. Watching for a break in traffic, the woman suddenly comes alive. She jolts. The car rolls as though she’s released her foot from the brake, then … Continue reading →

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Shedding and the Herd

Posted on October 19, 2012 by

October, cemetery paths, the world is losing its hair and its teeth, which is just another way of saying that yellow leaves kept falling from the trees. -Günter Grass. The Tin Drum.

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Thank You For Your Service

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

He ambled through the aisle of the convenience store. His hat read “Veteran: World War II.” I beamed at him, as I do at most elderly people, and he stopped moving in order to really smile back. He was shorter … Continue reading →

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Love Grows Here

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

My mother’s flower gardens in the fall. Her father was a farmer and often raised fields of flowers for seeds. She grows flowers to give (I frequently see her cutting blooms for friends, for people who are ill, or in … Continue reading →

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Peace. Or The Days When You Could Fit Your Knees Into Your Shirt.

Posted on October 1, 2012 by

They’re early for Mass, the Dad and his tiny son. The boy totes a plush Luigi from Super Mario Brothers. He wears black and neon yellow shoes that light up when he walks. When they stop at the pew, the … Continue reading →

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Pretty Much Every Love Story

Posted on June 18, 2012 by

She wanted things to be somehow as they had been, or as they had never quite been but might have been, or might be if only things were different which could not be different. -Iris Murdoch. Nuns and Soliders   … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Things

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

Perhaps he thought acting natural would mean he could escape my blog. However, he was a.) an old man, b.) wearing navy suspenders, c.) using a cane, and d.) eating directly in my line of sight at Panera. He’s lucky … Continue reading →

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For the (Mean) Professor who told me to be Realistic

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

On a brilliant November day, the students talked me into teaching outside. So we were at an outdoor amphitheater on the Danube when I broke into the story of the professor on my Christmas card list. In college, I spent … Continue reading →

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