The Shape Shifter
Who are you? Is the you you think you know authentic? Do you examine who you are, the portrait you portray, the person we’ve [...]
Untitled
Here are some variations on that old canard ‘Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery’ – [...]
Wanting to be Susie S.
My journey through high school from 1959 to 1963 was more about what I wished I could be than about actually becoming my own [...]
Take the Best, Discard the Rest
Remember the old movie, “The Crying Game”, where one of the lead characters passes as a different gender until [...]
Judy’s Last Gift
Originally published for the prompt Random Acts of Kindness, I’m republishing this story here as my friend Judy was someone [...]
New Stories on Old Prompts
That Old Gang of Mine
We were basically "good kids" with no real criminal tendencies except a fondness for underage drinking.
Prompted By Aging
May 27, 2023
Past Stories You May Have Missed
The Elvis Wedding
We wrote our own vows, read from Sandburg, Saint-Exupéry, and Gibran, and sang songs by Jacques Brel and John Lennon.
Prompted By Ceremony
June 25, 2016
Weddings are great, but it’s just a day….
I was not nearly as concerned with the minutiae of planning my wedding as I was with the marriage that would follow. In [...]
Prompted By Weddings
July 1, 2016
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