Writing

The Veil

– 1 min read – Day One It was the hardest thing Rebecca had ever done in her life, leaving the room her father was now a residence of in the Sgt. Lester Howard VA Retirement Home and in the dementia ward. As Rebecca stepped out of the room, she leaned...

Doorknobs

– 1 min read – In the small town of Pettigrew, Arkansas, in a clump of trees on the land of Bob Pendergass, several thousand doorknobs lay strewn about. They ranged in age from a hundred years old or more, to some made of materials I’d never seen....

Heading Back to Elementary School

Writing Sometime between sixth grade elementary and seventh grade junior high, my father brought home a tape recorder that was designed for hearing or vision impaired students. It was bright orange and all the buttons were colored and had braille on them. But besides...

The Piano

Writing – 1 min read – The Path The feeling of the brisk air on his face, the sound of the wind shaking leaves from the trees, and the smell of pine in the woods on a beautiful sunny fall day all combined together did absolutely nothing to offset the...

"Retro"spect on 2008

"Retro"spect on 2008

Everyone begins the year with a list of “New Year’s Resolutions.” Things we say we’re going to change about ourselves, or things we’ve put off doing, in order to grow. I have the wonderful benefit (or curse) of having been a blogger for...

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Hot Chocolate Powder

Hot Chocolate Powder

It was a simple enough moment in the breakroom. My stomach — rumbling. No change for the vending machine. The brewing coffee looked enticing. Only an hour so for lunch. ‘Is caffeine an appetite suppressant?’ I don’t want the shakes. Or lots of trips...

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