Stories by the Window Seat
Personal Narratives: personal writing — processing experiences, telling stories, healing, humor.
Inspired by my love of the television series “Dark Winds” based on the Tony Hillerman novels, I picked up a Lt. Leaphorn paperback for $0.99 from our local thrift shop. Given the randomness of the find I have no idea where in the series it falls, nor even how many novels are in the series…
Fourteen years ago, I had a horrible nightmare – I stepped through the looking glass, which has always been a dream of mine. The problem was, it wasn’t the pleasant and exciting adventure I had hoped it would be. Instead I found myself staring back into the mirror and realizing that if I did anything…
Today would have been my grandfather’s 96th birthday. It seemed fitting that his longtime friend sent me a photo of the church flyer for his upcoming memorial on today of all days. One of the funniest recent memories of Papa was while we were visiting him at the care facility. He wasn’t at his best,…
It’s time to grow up. There is a memory, at thirteen, which puzzles me, but still causes me to giggle. Every Christmas Break my family would take a long road trip to Southern California to visit family. I must have hit peek obnoxiousness and publically displayed it while we stopped for a meal, because as…
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