I won a writing contest last week. It was a 100-word short story for the local paper. The editor, who called to tell me I’d won, interviewed me over the phone, and just as we were finishing, he added, “And we’ll need a picture.” “Of me?” I asked. “Yes.” “How about someone related to me?” […]
It was May 2017 when I went there for the first time. My minivan was filled floor to ceiling with branches, leaves, and palm fronds. As I drove along the dusty dirt road, I thought, I’m doing it, I really doing it! Like a kid heading to Disneyland, I knew I was in for a thrill.
Let me introduce you to Nina and Alvin. Nina, who is 73 and Alvin, who is 83 have been married for 53 years. I have known them for 52 of them. Nina and Alvin are not their real names but when I told them I was going to write a few stories about them, they
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It’s been around a while, but I’ve been too nervous to try it. It’s easy if you’re young or more experienced, but I’m neither of these. Also, I lack the confidence. There was something about that word that paralyzed me. I just couldn’t wrap my mind around those four letters. Then, this past summer, stranded