Happiness. It's relative.
Posted on November 9, 2022 by Jan Wilberg
I made banana muffins from a Jiffy mix because I only had one egg and I was in a hurry and couldn’t very well show up empty-handed, not after people invited me expecting I would bring something grand and impressive, something decorated with pink… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Writers Showcase”
Category: 100 Word Stories, WritingTags: 100 word story, flash fiction, reading event, writers showcase
Posted on November 2, 2022 by Jan Wilberg
Inside the front and back covers of her ancient copy of The Prophet were sayings and quotations written in a tiny upright hand by a girl with long straight hair who lived in the room next to hers in the dorm on the corner… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Fifty Years”
Category: 100 Word StoriesTags: 100 word story, flash fiction
Posted on October 27, 2022 by Jan Wilberg
“We could run into a bear,you know.” My husband says this while we are walking our two sled dogs in the forest. What are bears like in late fall? Are they ravenous, wanting to store up calories? Or are they tired of the world,… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Blink”
Category: 100 Word StoriesTags: 100 word story, flash fiction, hiking, northwoods
Posted on October 19, 2022 by Jan Wilberg
“Is that your cat?” “Yes, he is. Can you catch him?” “I don’t catch cats.” The man wiped his bumpy nose with the back of his hand. “Maybe you could do it this one time, just as a favor to a stranger.” The man… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Catch”
Category: 100 Word StoriesTags: 100 word story, cats, flash fiction
Posted on August 3, 2021 by Jan Wilberg
“Somebody left a baby on the beach. Do you see it?” “That’s not a baby. Somebody piled up rocks and it looks like a baby.” He kept stirring the soup on the stove. She trained the binoculars on the pile of rocks. Little arms… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Washed Up”
Category: WritingTags: 100 Word Stories, 100 word story
Posted on December 12, 2018 by Jan Wilberg
It was my custom to make peanut brittle on Christmas Eve, early so it was done but slightly warm at dinnertime and we could wrap it in boxes for my daughter to give to her grandparents where she spent Christmas Eve while I stayed… Continue Reading “99 New: Endings”
Category: WritingTags: 100 word story, 99 New, Christmas
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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.
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