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FastPact #1: Coming of Age Day
So for our BDay Week, Abby Carr-Boyd and I decided to give ourselves a challenge -- every two weeks, I need to speedily write a story in...


My Ideas as an Exchange Student
I always wonder what happens to all those shower thoughts, all those random musings on the ride home that you forget to write down. Do...


10 Minute Story: Rorschach
Hermann has a difficult childhood. He doesn’t play well with the other kids. While the other kids in Schaffhausen play in the...


10 Min Story: The Raven
“We're doing this again?” The ink-black bird asked me. “Yes,” I breathe out wearily. “It’s day – what is it – day 563? I didn’t even...


The First Question
Today, when you meet another adult for the first time, our society has defaulted to always ask one question – “What do you do?” And the...


When You Can’t Play Capoeira Series (Part 1)
Let’s face it, we’ve all been there. Apart for a select few, many capoeiristas are not able to play and train every day. We try to make...
A 500-Year Old Street Roda
A few terms before we begin: Roda (Pronounced as “ho-dah” the “ho” is a short “o” not as in “hoe” – don’t get any ideas.) According to...


Ray Bradbury Bullies Me From the Grave
Ray Bradbury is, as Neil Gaiman says, a writer who emerged as a “genre of one.” A giant of a writer and a creative force whose...


I Reclaim My Muchness
Growing up, kids are fairly similar. We run around, making lots of noise, get caught up in excitement, dance like no one is watching,...


10-Min Story: The Spanish Kitchen
They had sent her away. The city was a strange place, not in a bad way. It was different here. The floodwater less fishy, the women on...
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