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Colorful Shades of Gray
2023-11-24Moths are very ugly creatures. At least that is what I always thought until a reliable source told me otherwise. When I was about five or six years ol...
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Mary Lou
2023-11-24It was my first day as newcomer to Miss Hargrove’s seventh grade. Past newcomer” experiences had been difficult, so I was very anxious to ...
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Writers in Prison
2023-11-24I was doing a guest writing workshop at Susanville State Prison near the Sierra Nevada foothills in northern California. Most of the men doing time th...
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Coffee Shop Kindness
2023-11-24My senior year of high school was an extremely hectic one, to say the least. If I wasn’t studying and worrying about my grades, I was juggling m...
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It seems to me that all writers, including those who deserve to be classified as geniuses, need encouragement, particularly in their early years. I al...
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Ronnys Book
2023-11-24At first glance, Ronny looked like every other kid in the first-grade classroom where I volunteered as the Reading Mom. Wind-blown hair, scuffed shoes...
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Class Reunion
2023-11-24I was minding my own business a few weeks ago when I got the call” -- that dreaded, shrill ringing of my telephone bearing news just short of a ...
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As a Man Soweth
2023-11-24When I was in junior high, the eighth-grade bully punched me in the stomach. Not only did it hurt and make me angry, but the embarrassment and humilia...
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True Forgiveness
2023-11-24Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a mere acquaintance. I have duly forgotten the name of an old lady who was a customer...
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A Simple Act of Love
2023-11-24When I was growing up, my father always stopped what he was doing and listened while I'd breathlessly fill him in on my day. For him, no subject w...