The girls chose Hawaii_Fog_Summer in March_A New Job For Sammy
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The girls chose Hawaii
*Warning: mention of cancer in storyMy daughter and I sat on the hard bench. She was in her sophomore year of high school, yet she still held my hand as we sat there together. We were both lost in our own thoughts. Watching. Staring. Fascinated by the two girls in front of us who were moving so gracefully. They wore simple black dresses that seemed to make their dance appear ever more elegant as they moved to the music. I couldn’t tell you the tune. It was melancholy and peaceful and sweet. Just like the girls who were danciwww.onedoor.ccng. One of the girls was the same age as my daughter, the other girl, ...
Fog
“Tea.”She stared out the window at the fog rolling in, washing over the hillock, down the ravine and across her garden. She could smell the damp air, almost thick enough to break into a drizzle. She scanned the yard, remembering the chores she had meant to complete.“Tea,” she nodded, turning around to face the kitchen and her friend who was busy looking through cupboards. She pulled her shawl tight around her shoulders. “Please.”Damp and eerie mornings such as this were best met by a warm cup of tea. Coffee was too sharp, too energetic, and hot cocoa or apple cider too sweet to begin the day....
Summer in March
“We were a bittersweet rainstorm in the middle of July. The kind where the rain is warm, and clothes get drenched, but no one minds because it’s beautiful to see something as simple as rain turn into a reason to smile. Our reasons to smile were the same reasons to sing and we were awful at singing--but that gave us a reason to smile. We let music fill the air wherever we went, and we sang words of heartache like they were gospel. The road was our church and the car was our sanctuary. We prayed to feminist gods and swore like sailors. Our religion was teenage rebellion and our worship was to p...
A New Job For Sammy
“I don’t believe it. Some idiot’s given me a one-star review.”“It doesn’t matter, does it?”“Yes, it does. It matters to me. They’ve said my article’s too short. Of course, it’s too bloody short. It‘s meant to be short. It tells you how many words there are above it. Can’t they read? And they’ve mentioned spelling and grammar mistakes. There are supposed to be spelling and grammar mistakes. That’s the whole point of the article—idiots. Grammar and spelling mistakes and writing short articles when they should be long ones—that’s what it’s all about. Some people really get on my nerves at times. ...