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Monkey Bread: Growing Up Empowered

August 5, 2020Categories Essays, Short Stories7 Comments on Monkey Bread: Growing Up Empowered

There is nothing so divine in the world as monkey bread. It is a mound of warm buttery dough with a gooey texture that melts and coats the inside of your mouth as cinnamon sugar melts into a syrup on your tongue. The caramelized crust crunches under your teeth and your head spins with the…

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A Rich Man, a Girl, and the Sea: A Short Story

July 6, 2020July 28, 2020Categories Short Stories2 Comments on A Rich Man, a Girl, and the Sea: A Short Story

The sea tricked the rich man. It said to him, “If you buy the house on my coast I will give you the shore and it will increase its value.” So the man bought the house, but the sea rose high and rolled over the shore until there was none left. There was only an…

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Rachel and the Scissors, a Short Story

July 6, 2020July 15, 2020Categories Short Stories2 Comments on Rachel and the Scissors, a Short Story

Note: This is a true story, written from my memory. It is a story my family has told many times over. “Bring me those scissors.” I will never forget those words from the mouth of Rachel Carter, the mother of my childhood best friend. She was from New England, a big strong woman with a…

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