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Peopleflowers
Dear Marcie, Getting mail is especially exciting now that we’re quarantined. Even if it’s just junk mail. It’s something. It’s communication. I read every word. Anyway, I thought I’d write you a letter. The typical […]
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Elizabeth’s Garden
I was standing in my new living room with my hair pulled up in a headscarf and strokes of paint marking my arms looking at blobs of paint options on the wall. Somehow I managed […]
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Handsome, Charming and Six Feet Away
The most amazing thing happened to me the other day at the grocery store. It started out like any other day in March 2020. I got up, put on my long-sleeved shirt, jeans and gloves. […]
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If the Coronavirus Struck in 2075 . . .
DAY 7 OF SOCIAL DISTANCING: I still haven’t gotten used to this GPS anklet they’re making all of us wear. I went over to give my mom a hug this morning and it screeched at […]
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Felix and Hazel
When Felix and Hazel were teenagers, they lived in a town that was big enough for Felix but too small for Hazel. When Hazel was a teenager, her favorite thing to do was take walks […]
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Phillipa’s tattoo epiphany
My mother was anything but materialistic. Her closet held nothing but the essentials. The only jewelry she owned was her wedding band and a pair of gold stud earrings shaped like butterflies. No knick-knacks, not […]
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Clara’s chick flick
She rolled her eyes and turned to go, to leave him there standing alone in the woods like the brooding bad boy character from a chick flick. Except he wasn’t misunderstood and she wasn’t going […]
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Mr. Thompson’s Smile
When I was six, my great grandma lived in an assisted living home called Oasis Retirement. She had a room on the second floor. It was just big enough for a queen-size bed, a dresser […]
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Marla’s Martian Fashion
“Where do you think you are? The fashion capital of Mars?” I identified the voice through the buzz of the school cafeteria before I had even turned around. Once I was looking him in the […]
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The SS Warrimoo Wedding
Disclaimer: The SS Warrimoo was a real Australian/New Zealand passenger ship that sailed from 1892–1918. In the 1940s-50s, a story began circulating that the SS Warrimoo had managed to cross the intersection of the International […]
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Franny Jellyton’s Engagement Ring
“I’m fine,” Rachel said, hugging her arms across her chest. The porch bench rocked gently back and forth as she swung her feet. “Why are you lying to me?” Danny sat on the other end […]
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The Witch of East Valley High School
October Jones was a force to be reckoned with. She walked the halls of East Valley High School with her head high, her armful of books organized and well-contained, her eyes somehow staring both straight […]