Category Archives: summer

My Bright Summer Made Winter by My Discontent

Posted on July 9, 2013 by randomyriad

Last summer I was working 2 jobs, volunteering at the hospital so I could get into a training program for physical therapist assistant, and trying to keep my marriage together. I have not had a real vacation in, well, since … Continue reading →

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A Quote, A Poem, and A Very Short Story

Posted on June 23, 2013 by randomyriad

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is what we have not sufficiently desired. —Nikos Kazantzakis New Summer I stayed late to fix the gate on the first eve of summer I … Continue reading →

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Pieces of my date book journal experiment of last summer. June 2012 I have no idea how to write in this small space, but I am sure something will occur to me.   I talked with a man today about … Continue reading →

Posted on March 3, 2013 by randomyriad | Leave a comment

The End of August: 2 Dreams, 3 Poems and Some Things in Between.

Posted on January 18, 2012 by randomyriad

8/9   Dream: From the dirt road,  I steer a car sliding into the drive sideways. As it slows I leap from the seat. Hearing my daughter’s cries echo deep from a half-full pale, I pull her out. Her head disfigured, … Continue reading →

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2011 in review: Dreams in Early August

Posted on January 17, 2012 by randomyriad

“You think people are silly to believe in ghosts?” An old man had asked Fred Foley a long time ago. “You should hear some of the things that ghosts believe in!” R.A. Lafferty, Fourth Mansions 8/3 Characters from a Dream … Continue reading →

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