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Sweetness in the Telling

Posted on November 14, 2019 by

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They laughed. Last night, at ComedySportz in Milwaukee when I read my essay, “Crop Tending,” they laughed. Later, my husband said it was because I paused like Jack Benny, letting the expectation of laughter hang in the air, like I wouldn’t keep reading unless… Continue Reading “Sweetness in the Telling”

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Fruitful

Posted on October 5, 2019 by

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He came up to me in the lunch line, sidled in, taking cuts as we used to say in high school so we could talk. He told me he’d taken time out from our writing roundtable to finish his memoir. He was thinner than… Continue Reading “Fruitful”

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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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