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Driving with Mother
Driving with Mother
My Mother never trusted my driving - she was a backseat driver – and one day we were on a…
To Carry You Home
To Carry You Home
Time is a confusing thing she thought. It seemed that the further forward it ran from her the…
Fine and Hot
Fine and Hot
Perth was sweltering through another hot summer. This was no ordinary summer; it was a season with…
A Gathering of Crazy People
A Gathering of Crazy People
Our neighborhood was a gathering of crazy people, but only a couple stand out, one…
An Ordinary Forest
An Ordinary Forest
It was an ordinary forest, as far as spooky-looking woods go, filled mostly with craggy…
You Don’t Beat the River
You Don't Beat the River
It was a good day for being on the river—warm, bright, a few clouds to make the sky…
Mother Kept on Singing
Mother Kept on Singing
When I slept at Aunt Josephine’s, in Middle, mother’s hometown - I slept alone.
A…
Predestined Events
Predestined Events
Homelessness, like hunger, exists at the soul level. One might dwell in magnificent…
A Profound Religious Experience
A Religious Experience
The room embodied religion. As soon as I opened the door, blinked away the disbelief, and…
Brenda Simpson’s Journey of Self-Improvement
Self-Improvement
Brenda Simpson was certainly no stranger to bookstores. No libraries, mind you, but…
The Wanderer
The Wanderer
I've been a wanderer all my life...
I travel around the world to forget people I meet every day.…
Stranger in the Attic
Stranger in the Attic
I couldn’t have been older than eight when it happened.
Weekends in summer, my parents…
Death Goes To Hell
Death Goes To Hell
Death is not supposed to die. That’s the problem. Here I sat in a pile of reaped souls while…
If It’s Thursday Night, My Name is Lola (2/2)
My Name is Lola
It's Thursday Night at The Slippery Salamander Art Gallery - Lola's second adventure.
(Check…
If It’s Thursday Night, My Name is Lola (1/2)
Thursday Night
An impromptu reaction to an unexpected and random comment set me on an unusual path and a life…