Red's Wrap
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Category: Writing
Not Everything’s a Big Deal
The woman next door keeps telling her dog to sit and he barks at her. She persists. He barks more. She holds up a tennis ball. He barks. Finally, she throws the ball and he runs after it. But he doesn’t bring it back.… Continue Reading “Not Everything’s a Big Deal”
Minnie and BowWow Talk on the Back Porch
BowWow: It pisses me off when she finally comes home and then it’s all like hurry up and run outside and pee. Minnie: You let stuff bother you. It’s okay what she does. She feeds us afterward so who cares? BowWow: You’d do better… Continue Reading “Minnie and BowWow Talk on the Back Porch”
Night Swim: A Story
She’d dreamt of swimming across the lake a thousand times. The dreams were always the same. There was a full moon that shone on the water like a spotlight, soft, though, sweet and rolling with the waves. She saw herself swimming, always in a… Continue Reading “Night Swim: A Story”
I Dream of Fishing
I could fish I could find worms Thread them on old hooks Cast lines like halos over the water I could fish I could tie knots Fasten red bobbers See slim fish swimming my way I could fish I could pour coffee Hold steam… Continue Reading “I Dream of Fishing”
The Future is About What’s Next
Sun, heat, dinner, night Flowers, car trips, tomatoes Work, vote, victory _____________ Photo by Olesya Grichina on Unsplash
Lady Godiva
The landlord gave me thirty days. The letter came out of the blue. In the mail. An official letter with a return receipt attached that I had to sign so the mailman could tell the sender that I’d gotten the letter, held it in… Continue Reading “Lady Godiva”
Write It with a Red Pen
It never occurred to me to be anything. Growing up as a kid in a small town and then later as a kid in a working-class suburb of Detroit, I never thought about it, what I wanted to be when I grew up. How… Continue Reading “Write It with a Red Pen”
Maybe All the Great Stories Have Already Been Written
The thunderstorm is unrelenting. Swirl paces a circle around my office into the hallway, into the spare bedroom, and back again. Occasionally, maybe every third circuit, he stops to put both front paws in the cat’s litter box like one might while waiting for… Continue Reading “Maybe All the Great Stories Have Already Been Written”
Snow Door | wisconsinacademy.org
Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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