The Long Walk Home Image by MARIE SCHNEIDER from Pixabay The morning air was crisp as expected in a high desert in late fall. Chelle kept a water bottle strapped to the belt on her side and a second in her hand. Goose bumps raised the hairs along her aging arms, even as the morning sun warmed her […]
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Rainbow on Christmas Eve Lights are just blinking on as we make our way back up the street. Green, red, blue, gold. Some of our neighbors went all out. One of the houses chimes a Christmas melody in time with the lights. It’s here I pause waiting for the pain to subside. My husband looks
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Skeletons Under the Bed As a child, grown-ups talked about skeletons in the closet. I never understood this because I knew they were under the bed. In the dark, coming back from a midnight bathroom trip, I hesitated at my bedroom door. Their bony hands ruffled my bed skirt. Reaching. Waiting. Too old to call
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