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Sunday Story Episode 24 (The Ant That Saved Mankind)

June 19, 2022

The Ant That Saved Mankind Bobbo studied the small structure. It didn’t match anything on the recon report. He turned …

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The Pothos in the Corner

June 18, 2022

The pothos in its shiny white potin the corner, next to the snake plantstanding tall The poor little pothos, stretching, …

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Ask the Dust

June 17, 2022

The edges of this morning’s full moonare softenedThe dust of the Sahara deserttraveling across the oceanto make my skya hazy, …

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We should talk about honesty

June 16, 2022

We should talk about honestyabout telling each other the truthbut we don’t Instead, we talk about the weatherthe price of …

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Anticipation

June 15, 2022

Waiting, always waitingworking patience like a muscleit’s a virtue, my dad used to sayhe was patientme, not so muchAnticipation fuelsmy …

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Morning

June 14, 2022

It’s morning againi can tell because the sun is growing biggerhotterand I am drooping as muchas the unwatered pothos in …

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The Seismic Subtle

June 13, 2022

The change is seismicbut subtlehow a clump of viral mattercan so quickly illuminate what is importantto life when you still …

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Story Sunday – A Prologue (Episode 23)

June 12, 2022

Welcome to Story Sunday, where I try to prove Ray Bradbury wrong and write 52 bad stories. This is week …

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Overthinking

June 11, 2022

There is a chance this could happenSo let’s plan every contingency NOWmy brain says There is a chancethis could happenso …

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Today is My Life, Too!

June 10, 2022

Today is My Life, Too! Those words, pithy on a cute ‘gram postToday is my life, too.as opposed to TGIFThose …

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