Tuesday, February 16, 2010


This is my Valentine's Day Story

Hefty Bag Gal,
Static Movement,
February 2010


Cooder and Chesty have been on-again-off-again sweathearts for a long time. Everybody wonders if they will ever run away together. This may be the day.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010


This much is true: We did speak to a technical support person with an Indian accent who said his name was Maverick.


Do Not Attempt to Snapshot the Locals,
Ascent Aspirations,
February 2010

People ask where I get my ideas for stories. I lead a writing workshop once a month. We begin with a twenty minute writing exercise. I hand out a page of lines from poems to serve as prompts. Back in July of 2008, the line, "Do not endeavor to snapshot the locals" from a poem by Michael Dumanis was on the list. It was the inspiration this story.