Red's Wrap
Happiness. It's relative.
Category: Writing
Winter Window
If you are going to have winter, have a fine winter window. Make it beautiful so you remember to love what is cold and difficult. Make yourself happy with the frost. ________________ Originally published in 2016
Meeting Michael Douglas
[Prompt: Who is the most famous or infamous person you have ever met?] I went to a meet and greet today to meet and greet Michael Douglas who had flown to Wisconsin from L.A. on behalf of Michael Bloomberg. The meet and greet was… Continue Reading “Meeting Michael Douglas”
And In Today’s News
Ca-pit-u-la-tion Turn your pockets inside out Hear their change jingle ___________________ Photo by Sarbasri Bhaumik on Unsplash
The Art of Turning Around
It was getting late. We’d already gone to one campground, after traveling maybe five miles down a dirt road, that displayed a Campground Full sign. It was very hot – 102 degrees but, as they say, out West, it’s a dry heat. Absent the… Continue Reading “The Art of Turning Around”
Unburying the Undead
I’m reading a story at our writing group’s ‘showcase’ on Sunday afternoon. I loved the story I’m going to read until today when I told a very accomplished writer friend about it. “Send it to me,” he said, so when I got home, I… Continue Reading “Unburying the Undead”
Swirl
There were 200 dogs in the dog yard. Each one was tethered to a raised wooden platform with a big plastic cylinder that worked as a doghouse. Each dog’s name was on a sign on his platform, some had sleds parked in front. The… Continue Reading “Swirl”
I Call Myself a Writer
What I enjoy most about writing is thinking I can’t and then doing it. I like a blank page. I like pulling an idea out of the cotton candy that is often my brain. And I like how writing that one true sentence gives… Continue Reading “I Call Myself a Writer”
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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