These are some word-love-related excerpts from my manuscript BORDERLAND: A DOG, A LOVE, A DOUBLE-HELIX (or I might call the book AWESOME DOG, not sure). Anyway, the passages come late the book, from […]
“Magic Tricks for Puppies”
In February, the Love is Word
This month at The Gloria Sirens we consider love, but in Siren fashion, we had to turn things around and upside down. We agreed, forget Valentine’s Day and romance, heartbreak and divorce, sex and […]
Reblog: It Is Never Too Late To Feel Beautiful or To Be Courageous
When is the last time you put yourself out there and tried something you wanted to do but felt timid or afraid to try? I’m inspired by Tracey, who is 51 and has […]
Statute of Limitations – A Short Story by Paula Whyman
by Paula Whyman “Statute of Limitations” first appeared in the March-April 2009 issue of Bethesda Magazine. Ginny was making dinner for Mike’s friends, Pogo and Ann. They’d never been to the new house […]
A Word From My Sponsor
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog:
The Arranged Marriage by V. V. Pukirev About a year ago, I made a decision. The last relationship I had been in, with a partner who…
Ultra-Running, Cancer, and Time
A year ago, January 17 was a Friday. I was sitting in “the chair.
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To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This
by Mandy Len Catron More than 20 years ago, the psychologist Arthur Aron succeeded in making two strangers fall in love in his laboratory. Last summer, I applied his technique in my own […]
the fear of success (subtitle: wtf?)
Originally posted on the love story project:
I spent a couple hours deep cleaning my home on Tuesday. It started with my desk, which needed dusting and de-cluttering so I could sit…
Reports from the Field: On Grief
by Hafizah Geter at VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts Because it’s afternoon. Because the sun is setting. Because I’m followed home at night and to work some mornings. Because I looked upset. […]
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