Browsing: Story of the day

We, the poets, musicians, and painters, are facing our 60th birthdays. Uh oh. We’ve enjoyed creative lives chasing our dreams.…

He held up the tree branches for her as she followed him along the creek. As they reached the cave,…

“Harvey and I have an agreement. He runs the snowblower and the like. I deal with chores involving household appliances.…

The newborn is content to nuzzle where it’s warm listening to his mother’s heartbeat, a familiar sound from her womb.…

I find more comfort in complete strangers,Than in good friends.I’ve always been enchanted by minding my own business.Them, minding theirs.I…

The pebble in his pocket had been given to him by a child who’d plucked it from a stream, formerly…

I’m full of holes, absolutely riddled. I’m mostly not here. Caught between a particle and a wave. Not knowing how…

For years she lay awake, listening for the return of fledglings burning the candle late. The turn of a key,…

“Is this your first?” rings endlessly in her ears, haunting her days as well-meaning people ask her about her future…

The granddaughter unwraps the gift on her 15th birthday. “Awesome!” she exclaims, holding up red pleather pants to show her…