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100 Word Story: Gift Giving

Posted on December 6, 2025 by

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What you sent me for Christmas was so odd. Who would package up all the exercise bands from their physical therapy sessions and mail them to a person as a gift?   Am I the fitting receptable for your detritus? You’ve nowhere else to… Continue Reading “100 Word Story: Gift Giving”

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Christmas Story: Everything’s Real

Posted on December 19, 2024 by

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See the diamond earrings? They’re not real. They’re fake. But you probably wouldn’t know by looking at them. I know because my husband told me after he took them to a jewelry store to get appraised. “You’re not going to like this,” he said,… Continue Reading “Christmas Story: Everything’s Real”

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Christmas Story: Everything’s Real

Posted on December 24, 2012 by

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See the diamond earrings? They’re not real. They’re fake. But you probably wouldn’t know by looking at them. I know because my husband told me after he took them to a jewelry store to get appraised. “You’re not going to like this,” he said,… Continue Reading “Christmas Story: Everything’s Real”

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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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