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Peppermint Mocha
“Mmmm, do I want a white chocolate cinnamon spiced hot cocoa or a pumpkin pie delight latte? I just can’t decide”“ I know right. Everything on the menu looks so good,” I responded.Everything really did look delicious, from the apple crumb cakes to the foamy and frothing cappuccinos. But the real excitement I felt today was getting to spend time with Claire. It’d been ages since I last saw her in person and so much had changed.“What do you recommend?” Claire asked the barista whose lazy smile and glazed over eyes attested to the little sleep she probably wasn’t getting.“Well... everything on th...
The Murder of Mrs. Katie Hilliard
"By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire", I read aloud four times over before I closed my notebook. "I need a break, Chance", I told my Pit Bull pup. "Let's go for a walk."He jumped up from his bed and spun circles as I got up to grab his leash. Chance was very well trained already and sat down at the door while I hooked his leash to his collar. He stayed sitting until I told him to come on after I opened the door. Chance stayed by my side the whole walk to the park, stopping when I did, and never strayed too far away.Once at the park, we stopped in front of the sign that...
An apple a day
She looked over at him and gave a silent look of reproach. He saw the look; he always saw the look. He asked her “What?” And she told him, “I don’t think that apple’s good.”“This apple?” he replied as he held out a deep red apple in his left hand. “Yes”, she told him, “that apple. I don’t think it’s good”He looked at the apple in his hand; turning it over and over, then he looked at her. “And are you Johnny Appleseed now; you know so much about apples?”She looked him in the eye and towww.onedoor.ccld him “maybe I’m Janie Appleseed”He scoffed oh so slightly; then slowly deliberately brought the deep red appl...
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PARROT ICE By Andrew Paul GrellYellow perch this morning. Fun game. Sam and Janice teach. Corner of porch, no can see from road. Wait humans on two-wheels. Say “Hey, you got a flat.” Human stop, no see me, no see nobody, get off wheels, look. Sam, Janice, laugh. I laugh same back at them. Give oil palm fruit, yum. Give cracker, yum yum. Love Sam Janice, love Sam Janice house. Better than Skipper on boat. Boat smell bad, Skipper talk smell bad, smell rotten fruit. Get six on two-wheels today, Sam Janice happy. Ice happy. Say Janice “Brrrr.” Janice take inside, warmer. Watch glass box. Watch lit...