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The Purple Rose

The image of this purple rose filled me with a feeling I can’t quite describe. I wanted to possess it in some way. Anyway, that was the impetus for this story I managed to wring from Lillie McFerrin’s Five Sentence … Continue reading

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The Road Not Taken

In checking out an email notification that I had a new follower on Twitter–Ellen Wade Beals–I came across this Robert Frost poem on her website Solace in a Book. I don’t ever remember finding such depth of meaning in these … Continue reading

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Don’t Pet The Sweaty Things

I want to thank Don Williams of New Millennium Writings for giving me the idea to add to and expand upon his list of what I’ll call “suggestions of how to be a better human being.” Here are a few … Continue reading

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Lion’s Roar

Okay, another writing prompt, this one from a fellow African, “The Gypsy Mama.“  Write for five minutes on the word “Roar.” I’m lying on a narrow bunk–in that tight “V” in the front of the boat my just-married son’s South … Continue reading

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