This is to document what I learned about Flash Fiction in the past few days. Depending on who you read, it is defined anywhere from Ernest Hemingway’s six word story: “For Sale, baby shores, never worn.” to stories containing 1000 to 1500 words. According to Wikipedia, there are 280-character stories (also known as “twitterature“); the “dribble” (also known […]
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This month’s writing assignment is based on an idea that came to Jane Murphy from the book: “Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life” by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. I read about half the book. It did stimulate thought, but I felt disconnected reading just random writings placed under different letters in the alphabet. Jane’s idea was for us […]
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Hiking with my Daughter
This post is a story. It is fairly long one for a post – about 5,800 words. It is about a hike my daughter and I took in early July, 2018. But it also contains back stories about events leading up to that hike. All the stories in this post have a common theme. I’ll let the reader figure out what they are. Comments are welcome.
April Status Report When I worked in high tech, one of the most hated tasks was writing a monthly status report. Now that I’ve been out of that job for over 10 years and am getting forgetful in my advanced age, I miss having a status report so I can remember what I did last […]
So my Son Adam is hiking the PCT. He started on April 19 and plans on being on the 2600 mile trail for 5 – 6 months. He asked me to update his blog from emails he sends me and pictures he puts up on the a cloud server. You can find is blog at: […]
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