This month, we Sirens are devoting ourselves to some of our best-loved words. As you will see, I don’t always go with the grain, but this rant does turn to praise. “Mindful” […]
What Do You Remember?
Saturday, February 21at 4:00pm–Grand Central Lit Crawl
Originally posted on Lisa Lanser Rose:
Join me and local writers Lynn Waddell, Heather Jones,Austin Collins, Erika Lance, and Sheree L Greer for the Grand Central Lit Crawl. It’s a literary take on the classic bar…
“Belief”
by Marilyn Robertson On the way to the post office this morning, I thought about the odd things we believe. Things we swear by, pray to, put our trust in, or wear […]
“Magic Tricks for Puppies”
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 […]
Dumbass, or Words We Learned from Our Fathers
When we were in college, my brother and I were driving down a main street in the town where our parents lived and we went to school. We both lived on campus. […]
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 […]
What a Real Meditation Session Looks Like
Poems by Katherine Riegel featured in the online magazine Escape into Life
Spirit Animals My brother tells me he’s going to the doctor; he gets teary too easily now. There must be something wrong that will show up in the blood. I don’t tell […]
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