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Across Forty Years – A Heartache

Posted on May 18, 2024 by

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A long time ago, more than forty years ago, I ran out of a hotel room into a hallway but the difference for me was that people heard me yelling for help and opened their doors to see what was happening. It was as… Continue Reading “Across Forty Years – A Heartache”

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If Now Was Then

Posted on November 14, 2017 by

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A long time ago, I decided to leave the hotel room in Des Moines where I was staying with my boyfriend and drive back home to Milwaukee. He was drunk and insisting that we go out on the town and I was terrified of getting killed… Continue Reading “If Now Was Then”

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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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