A Drama in 127 Words: Leaning Forward

Here's a story I wrote one evening waiting out a storm at the cabin that a favorite literary magazine, The Big Windows Review published. I'd love to know what you think of it. Cully fights her way up the steep hill, attacked at every step by thick alder bushes bent from last winter’s snow. Clumps of prickly Devil’s Club and patches of stinging Cow Parsnip caution “danger, retreat.”She doesn’t listen.   Her fiancé waits for her over the next rise. He had…

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Short Story in Poem Form For Fun & Inspiration:)

Lonely calls,Don't answer.Lonely sneaks you a note, Shake your head,You’re busy.Lonely taps you on the shoulder,Brush it off.Lonely interrupts your walk.Sorry, am joining friends.Lonely scoffs.Haven’t yet met them but will, just wait.Lonely appears at the door—Sorry, wrong address.Lonely persists—Peers in the window late at night,Sees a crack,Razors forward.Stop. Turn the tables—Hey Lonely,Take my hand,Let’s grab a book, pour a bath, andDance.   Subscribe to Writing from the Cabin Type in your email and hit "Subscribe" to be notified of new Writing…

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Dare to Real-life Write

When I read the powerful The Lie That Tells a Truth, I began thinking of a character who wasn’t me, but who’d gone through what I had and come out the other side.  Jess Cassidy burst into life. Her Next Hero begins with: He shouldn’t fly. I shoved my doubts down and shivered as my fiancé completed his pre-flight check. Steel-colored clouds clamped down on the mountains that dwarfed Finn’s twin-engine Beechcraft. Finn walked a final time around his plane,…

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Blind, deaf, broken, BRAVE

Falling apart offers a huge benefit. You can decide how to put yourself back together—better. Early in life, I feared blindness. The Deuce came into my life. We were close to two miles from the road when Deuce, a sixteen-pound sheepdog lookalike chased a small animal across the road. He heard me coming through the woods after him. I ran nearly four mph with two other leashed up dogs. Deuce was faster. That’s when he lost an eye thinking he…

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Your Voice is Needed

The future begins at the edge of your comfort zone. Have you ever read an article or post that hit home? Caused you to rethink how you were acting? Inspired you take action or change the course on which you were headed? Have you ever finished a novel and felt lighter and better when you finished it than when you first picked it up? If so, you know why I write, and why your voice is needed too. When I…

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If You Knew the True Story

When we face unexpected challenges, we find out who we are. When I was in my 20s, my fiancé died in a plane crash a few days before marriage. Not long after that, my son died of an undiagnosed, inoperable heart condition. Before these two events, when I called my dad to wish him, “Happy Father’s Day,” I learned my healthy father had died from an unexpected heart attack. As you might expect, these triple tragedies left me reeling. The…

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Courage is Your Partner

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go”. T.S. Eliot It takes courage to speak up. Especially when you speak to people who matter to you. Or to those who seem to hold all the power. It can be hard to voice your thoughts or needs when you see things differently than everyone else or when you fear what you say may fall on deaf ears. Here’s my belief. You win…

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Welcome

If you’ve found this blog after reading my articles and books, you already know what to expect. If this is your first visit, here’s what awaits you—real-life writing. That means I tackle human challenges, authentically and in-depth. I write authentically, from my heart, no holds barred. Hopefully, we’ll partner with each other. You’ll read what I write, and write your own thoughts, occasionally sharing them with me and the others who visit this blog. I hope what you read proves…

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