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“Shatter”

July 8, 2013 Prompt: 15 min “Shatter” Shatter Shatter. Shatter the glass ceiling, we women were offered, encouraged to do when we were mere girls living in a man’s world. The 1960’s, ’70’s, a time when, every now and then, a brave soul would rise up to shatter the glass ceiling previously owned, dominated by

“Shatter”2013-07-22T02:16:48-04:00

“Older”

Prompt: 40 minutes: “Older” June 17, 2013 Older Older is a loaded word, a plant growing out of its pot, roots bound together in a clump of experience seeking desperately fresh soil, nutrients, water -- that life-giving, liquid oxygen. Older is not for sissies. No, it takes a bit of bravery, or at least the

“Older”2013-07-06T17:50:36-04:00

4, 3, 2, 1

From my writer friend, Carol Henderson, with whom I share a mother's heart at all times. Thanks for sharing yours with us, Carol. 4, 3, 2, 1.

4, 3, 2, 12013-07-05T23:38:51-04:00

“Forever”

Another off the cuff prompt writing: 35 minutes: "Forever" GO! Forever Forever is a long, long time. Decisions, choices, paths taken in an instant can affect - DO  affect - your life forever. And I mean, FOREVER! "Mate selection," as someone called it recently. Now there's a choice that affects one's life tremendously. The little

“Forever”2012-10-19T16:05:16-04:00

It’s the night…

It's the night before the PET scan that will reveal whether the 9.4 mm "lesion" on my brain is anything to worry about or not. Obviously I'm glad to have some answer as to why I've had such increasingly frequent and debilitating headaches, especially during the past 6 weeks, complete with nausea and pretty much

It’s the night…2012-04-27T08:36:58-04:00