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The Cake Failure – My Meaningful Mundane Experience
Here I am trying to think about what ‘meaningful mundane’ activity I do that would be totally moving and beautiful, and all that comes up is the disappointing cinnamon roll cake I just made....
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I am a bipolar octopus.
The other day my mom called me an octopus. Or rather, she said I was like an octopus. “You know, you’ve been trying to fit in your whole life and walk on two legs,” strange pause, “In reality, though,...
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I wish I were a bloodsucker
No, I’m not talking about fleas. I’m talking about Vampires. It seems it’s all the rage nowadays to want to be a fanged creature. Twilight, Vampire Diaries, etc have all of our panties in a knot to...
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Fight or Flight … or Fly
The strongest memory of heart-pounding, belly-twisting nervousness I have is when I jumped out of an airplane. Flying up into the sky; being hooked onto someone with two metal clips; soaring to the...
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‘I didn’t get thin’, and other 2012 fails
It’s almost the end of the world year, and that can only mean one thing: lists. We make lists to commemorate the end of a crappy year, and then we make new ones to overload ourselves with selfish...
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Lipstick Bliss
Today is not a particularly good day; the week has started, and I am alone in the house. I was not woken up, as I had been for years, by Shelby barking (see Saying goodbye to a friend). I did not have...
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Innocence Lost
Little girl chases her dreams up the old dirt road Kicking the ball, further further further The cowboy with a broken mind stands atop the mountain, I have dreams to give you Insert a token, claim your...
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A Night with Diablo
For this week’s Writing Challenge I sit in a corner of the dark underground bar, in a booth made of ripped red vinyl and scuffed up golden metal. There are statues of devil figures underneath the red...
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Recipe for Love
There is a Little boy, searching through an old book of recipes. He happens upon one page, torn and faded more than the others. It reads, “Recipe for Love.” Little […]
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Marine Corps, injury, and abuse, oh my!
Reblogged from Life of a Fallen Angel: Starting off the fitness writing challenge is sort of difficult. Where do I start really? Let's start at the beginning... I was abused […]
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The Lost Lighthouse – A Haiku
The fog had darkened his frail abandoned lighthouse, and he smelled the death. There weren’t many things Lou could look forward to now — the water was cold. The inspiration, […]
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A Valentine
Maybe there’s a God above, but all I’ve ever learned from love, is how to shoot somebody who outdrew you. And it’s not a cry that you hear at night, […]
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List Lesson: 12 Step Program
Sister is back in the hospital. What follows is a loose interpretation of the weekly writing challenge; a list, of sorts, to deal with the pain I am feeling this morning. I don't feel empty right now,...
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