Category: writing
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Flash Your Fiction at HoCo College
I’ve been putting the finishing touches on the Flash Your Fiction workshop that I’m teaching at Howard Community College on Monday (February 26 and March 6), and it is going to be great! We’re going to have great writing exercises, creativity-sparking activities, and we’re putting some science in our fiction and doing the cool Cloud […]
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Puerto Rico Travelogue, Day 3 – Ponce to Combate to Rincón in the car
Day three started with a visit back to the car rental place. I have pretty severe allergies to cigarette smoke. They assured me when I rented that all their cars are smoke-free. Not so much. Since we didn’t drive the day before, I hadn’t noticed how bad it was. I was going to power through […]
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Travelogue, Puerto Rico, Day 2 (El Yunque and Mofongo)
What a day! We are staying at a hotel that isn’t on the beaten path so we had to get up extra early to walk to La Concha hotel to be picked up by the excellent Ramón, our guide. We, along with nine other people boarded a van, and we took off for El Yunque […]
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Puerto Rico travelogue, day 1
Puerto Rico 2017 Day 1 Travelogue. So many wonders! I’ll start at the beginning. The trip down here was fantastic. Southwest has direct non-stop flights from BWI. It is the only way to go. Super easy. The trip is a bit less than four hours and it flew by (no pun intended). The heat and […]
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What to do. Where to begin. How to move on from here.
Like many of you, I’m feeling squeezed. I feel like something is choking me. I feel like gasping for air even though I’m breathing. I have been trying to take breathing breaks in part to stay calm and in part to remind myself I am still alive. Still kicking. And if I’m still kicking, I […]
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Essay #1 – Ancestors and Family
In some spiritual traditions, at this time of year, people remember and celebrate their ancestors. We acknowledge our honored dead on All Hallows Eve, Day of the Dead, and All Saints Day. I always see a lot of, “I honor my grandparents,” and “You are here because of the love of thousands” sorts of posts […]
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Dear Madam Secretary
Dear Madam Secretary Clinton. I cannot express how much I wanted to be able to call you Madam President. I thank you for your decades of service to this country and to people around the world. It is my fervent hope that you take up the mantle of Elder Stateswoman and work on behalf of oppressed […]
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10-26 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt words: horror and ratio)
“Done!” Haley shouted as she hit the Enter key. She collapsed against the back of her chair and removed her headphones. “Are you serious?” Orson stuck his head in the booth. “We’re finished?” “Yes, sir, we are outta here, Styled Hunter VII is in the can!” She grinned. “Mallory DeMarco hunted and trapped The Hatchet […]
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9-25 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt words: decoration and pod)
“There! That’s perfect!” GCH11878 nodded to itself. It narrowed its eyes and studied the angle of the decoration that now hung from the top of its sleep pod. It had found the shred of shiny paper on garbage duty and hidden it away in its smock pocket. “Not quite there,” it whispered and repositioned the […]
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10-24 Flash Fiction Challenge (prompt word: institute)
“Look at this place,” Miano breathed. She turned a full circle in the main hallway and marveled at the prisms reflected from the millions of crystals embedded in the walls. “How are they doing that?” Banner twisted this way and that. Each reflected a different set of colors. Some blazed deep reds and golds. Others […]
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