glimpses shared by our authors
  • Once upon a time, there was a magic mirror, a mirror that did terrible things to whoever looked into it. At first glance in the mirror, nothing would appear to ...
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  • Felt.Hot, tough, dry and cracked. Like the hard cracked ground along the canal banks I walked. Cracks that opened up and emitted the hot dry heat of the overly scorched ...
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  • room, pulling Naomi to join her in the best and only two-person dance I saw. When they had stopped prancing I turned towards Ruth, my shyness replaced by curiosity and ...
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  • Dear Friend, I've been writing and deleting this first line over and over because I do not know how to start. You haven't written back and I don't know if ...
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  • Years ago about the time of the 1960's. On a clear sunny day, of June 1, 1961. A family of three lived around that time. In the old ancient days ...
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  • Rolling green hills set ablaze by a copper sun. Rolling away from me as I walk on what I can only imagine are clouds, my feet brushing through them as ...
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  • April 30th, 2013 And the end of April comes in such a carefree way again, ne... 财富不是永远的朋友,朋友才是永远的财富。 Something that really lived in me for the past week, the New York ...
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  • This was not my plan or my intention. No. Not at all. I was supposed to have my happy , new life with my fiance . It just didn't turn ...
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  • First day of spring has sprung around me. Instead of losing weight I've gained two pounds. I disagree with the trainer, it's not muscle I've gained. Next week begins the ...
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  • My body aches from work in the school cafeteria kitchen. I made barrel of ranch dressing. Hoisting the big drum that I whisked the dressing in along with gallons of ...
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