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Category: Writing
Lucy’s Redhots
She wasn’t 100% sure it was him. Lucy’s Redhots would be a place he would go, that she knew. In the five years they’d been together, he’d stopped there often. It was a castle of bad food. She hated it. The light was about… Continue Reading “Lucy’s Redhots”
Grace
To the lighthouse was long and dusty, a bear and her cubs rumbled across the road; then woods gave way to the blueness of Lake Superior and the grace of waves on rocks. _______________________ Written in response to a Trifecta Writing Challenge to use… Continue Reading “Grace”
Nobody’s Perfect
What do you think? Does one bad apple spoil the bunch? What if they’re all bad apples? Then it’s gradations of bad. An apple can look a mess but be basically okay. You know, edible. Not everything is a damn beauty contest. Last week,… Continue Reading “Nobody’s Perfect”
A White Duck on a Red Leash
I may not have anything else to say except that I saw this today: a white duck waddling on the breakwater in Milwaukee with a little red collar and a red leash held by a mid-thirties-looking woman who was strolling with her husband and… Continue Reading “A White Duck on a Red Leash”
Oh God.
What has happened to me? How has the gap between my self-perception and the funhouse reality of the fitting room become so unfathomably large? It is now time like every other female blogger who has ever lived to write about bathing suit shopping. Let… Continue Reading “Oh God.”
Haiku – Confusion
Life is sharp, jumbled Until we sort one by one Each with its purpose ________________ Written in response to a Trifecta Writing prompt to write a haiku. So here it is, 5-7-5.
The Feminist Struggle of Dogs
Dogs have a power hierarchy that has been working for them since the Stone Age. So why do I keep thinking I can establish an egalitarian dog society in my house, in which the two dogs would function as equals and partners and they… Continue Reading “The Feminist Struggle of Dogs”
The Perfect Paddle and the Perfect Tree
We are driving down Old Seney Road, a shortcut between Lake Nawakwa and H-58 which will take us back to our house on Lake Superior. We have been canoeing on Lake Nawakwa, a very big lake with almost no houses on it, deep with… Continue Reading “The Perfect Paddle and the Perfect Tree”
Babies with Scabies and Other Complaints
Adopting children from a foreign country is so glamorous, so heroic, attention-getting, show-stopping. If you adopt a child from another country, your friends will admire you and strangers will call you a saint. You, on the other hand, know the truth. You’re going to… Continue Reading “Babies with Scabies and Other Complaints”
Heinz 57
“A Dumbo rat? You can’t give a rat to baby boys. Are you out of your mind?” “Why not? He’s in a cage. They can watch him run around the little tunnels. You want them to have pets and like animals, right?” “They’re infants!… Continue Reading “Heinz 57”
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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