Here's a short short story that I did as an experiment. Update; As soon as I posted I thought what that fragment needed was.... but I don't have time right now! I know all those stories where the hero is told he will kill his father and marry his mother, so he runs away. Then [...]
Category: short stories
Short stories and painted churches
I've been working on a short story for so long I feel as if it's been one word a day. Not quite right (or write?) since it's around 8,000 words and it hasn't been 8,000 days. So I went and looked. It has been nearly three months, which ought to be about sixty writing days. [...]
How not to travel!
When I am going places I start by trying to control all that is going to happen. I want to bring my electronics, and some music, and food that I like, and books that I might have time to read. As the moment of truth comes closer plans begin to change. This time ... I [...]
Happy Feast of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha.
July 14 is also Bastille Day. I was shocked to discover, when I visited, that the key to the Bastille is at Mount Vernon, having been presented to President George Washington by the Marquis de Lafayette. July 14 is the birthday of the artist who did the cover of this book. https://a.co/d/0hJIYXrY The ceiling above [...]