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September 10, 2001, the New York skyline included the parallel lines of the Twin Towers and I saw it every day on my way to work . The next day that view was gone. I worked at a company forty minutes from Manhattan. That morning I just finished breakfast in the cafeteria. I walked down … Continue reading My 911 Story – 20 years later
They sit in a circle, the symbol of unity, weaving the same basket, it works best that way. Young, and old, one generation blending with the next, hands at work, bending, threading, pulling the reeds prepared by experience, softened with love because this project, is no less than the project, their very lives. When one … Continue reading The Basket
100 Word Story It was her routine. Didn’t matter that this morning everything was different. “Excuse me, ma’am, what can I get you?” Her mind was a mess. Even the simple question threw her off. She couldn’t crumble like this. “Coffee maybe?” the Barista said with a smile that seemed to say she’d seen it … Continue reading Simple Answers
Photo by Oliver Sju00f6stru00f6m on Pexels.com But not for long, Light shines above, Sounds, Yes, music, The anticipation of, Oxygen, Fresh in the lungs. How long have I drifted, In darkness, Murky, Kept beneath the weighted waters, Too deep in the caverns of choice, Going as the undercurrent, Took me, Lost from who I could … Continue reading Submerged
Photo by Kristina Paukshtite on Pexels.com The big house became our home five years ago when our son and daughter were old enough to ask why we made them move away from their friends. We were wise enough not to answer since really, how could we explain that success meant a bigger house and … Continue reading Beyond Fences
