Amuse-Bouches

NYC subway pigeons

On the New York City subways it is fairly common to see pigeons casually get on at one stop, look around for anything interesting (snacks!)

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In Water

People who know me well know that I love being in water. Yet I have never been asked if I sometimes feel afraid in water.

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The Monarch

(a true story) He was magnificent. The biggest, most beautiful butterfly I had ever seen. A male monarch, fluttering his wings, bright orange with black

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Rites of Passage – an essay

I remember being afraid as I walked along the gravel road with my dad. We were going to see a dead person. I was ten years old. I had never seen a dead person before.

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Six-word Stories

It turns out that writing a six-word story is challenging. Here are four that I wrote.
Clearly I haven’t mastered the concept yet, as none of the four made the cut for publication in a literary magazine. Writing a six-word sentence or a six-word slogan is pretty easy. But to invoke motion and emotion in six words is not easy. I’ll keep trying 🙂

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