Heart of stone

July 20, 2017 ~ Tara R. ~ 3 Comments

Singing in the old language, her incantation swirled around the cabin, mingling with dirty smoke rising from the brazier, changing the vapor from grey to putrid yellow. It wasn’t simply the tune she sang, it was the rise and fall of her voice, the intonation of each word. It was how she would elide through … Continue reading Heart of stone

Operator, please

July 19, 2017July 24, 2017 ~ Tara R. ~ 6 Comments

Deposit 10¢ If you’d like to place a call You must first dial one

100 Word Challenge: Sing

July 19, 2017November 22, 2017 ~ Tara R. ~ 6 Comments

A few days ago, the Mister was reading a Sports Illustrated piece about the Best Names of Recruiting Class 2017 (read: unusual to fantastical.) He got to Zacchaeus, and it triggered a childhood memory of a Sunday School song from long ago. A song that was a perennial favorite throughout my religious upbringing. A song … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Sing

For want of applesauce

July 18, 2017July 20, 2017 ~ Tara R. ~ 3 Comments

“Absent applesauce, you could use mashed bananas or even pureed prunes.” That was the epitome of my life… pureed prunes. It’s not that I wanted the best of anything, I just wanted the normal, everyday things. This time, it was applesauce, yesterday it was a broken heel on a pair of Target sale shoes, tomorrow … Continue reading For want of applesauce

Heads I win

July 13, 2017April 30, 2018 ~ Tara R. ~ 6 Comments

It is just a penny - a common, copper one-cent piece that anyone may find on the ground on any day. Except it isn’t common. Half buried in the coarse, variegated sand, face up to show Lincoln’s stoic profile and the mint date, that coin shouldn’t be there. Urban legend holds our dearly departed can … Continue reading Heads I win