{85} Friend’s Prompt #11

“Monkeys: Totally Cute or Weirdly Disturbing?” ColleenP wants me to write about monkeys. I don’t know why, and I’m suspicious, but…okay???? Thing is, monkeys are both, aren’t they? I mean, they are close enough relatives to homo sapiens sapiens that their cute...

{83} Friend’s Prompt #10

‘Positive affirmations and my life’ When I was about seven or eight years old, I asked my Mother why scary books are scary, if they aren’t actually true. She told me that we convince ourselves that what we are reading is true, at least for the characters we are...

{80} The Value of a Woman

My mother was beautiful. Then she wasn’t. I’ve been pretty invisible most of my life; I’m not pretty, wealthy, thin, or famous and so I’ve lived in that average mundane body that I was born into. I’ve looked better and I’ve looked worse, and while I loathe my face and...

{74} Friend’s Prompt #3

“empanadas” KenK prompted me “empanada” with zero explanations and, I suspect, zero expectations. I think I can spin this as a lesson in cultural isolation, though. I spent the latter part of my childhood in the Central Florida area, which has a strong Hispanic and...

{75} Friend’s Prompt #4

“Toe?” Of course, Classical Sass’s prompt is short, succinct, and vivid. Toe? Toe what? Toe jam? Tip toe? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM MEEEEE???? But okay: Toe? You can see my toes, but you may not touch them. No one may touch them. I have a hang up about my feet which has...