100 Word Challenge: Promise

February 14, 2018 ~ Tara R. ~ 2 Comments

One morning each week I volunteer at a local elementary school. Before classes, students read announcements over the intercom, and one selected kid gets to lead everyone in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Wherever we - the volunteers - are in the building or outside on campus, we stop what we're doing, face the general … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Promise

100 Word Challenge: Flowers

February 7, 2018February 7, 2018 ~ Tara R. ~ 7 Comments

Just when I thought I had swept my patio of the final shedding of autumn’s dull brown, dead leaves… just when I thought I would finally get a reprieve from that particularly onerous task, this week I was faced with 1000s of tiny magenta blossoms courtesy of my neighbor’s swamp maple, its flowering canopy spreading … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Flowers

100 Word Challenge: Obsession

January 31, 2018February 5, 2018 ~ Tara R. ~ 14 Comments

I like to crochet. It calms me. My aunt taught me how to make basic granny squares when I was around ten. Since then I taught myself how to read a pattern chart and have, to some degree, mastered a few difficult techniques. It's not a craft that I practice all the time. I’ll get … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Obsession

100 Word Challenge: Breakfast

January 24, 2018January 27, 2018 ~ Tara R. ~ Leave a comment

She asks if he slept well. He sighs at her, noncommittal on his morning condition. “Would you like some breakfast? Eggs, waffles?” He grimaces. Not from the mention of food, but from having to make a decision. She continues loading dirty dishes, waiting. “Waffles.” Nodding, she begins pulling ingredients out of the cabinets. “Would you … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Breakfast

100 Word Challenge: Last

January 17, 2018February 5, 2018 ~ Tara R. ~ 7 Comments

When I began my first blog it was an adjunct to my paying job. I worked for a media company in it’s online division as a content manager. Blogs were becoming a popular tool for news outlets and as someone who generated content, logically I was one of the people tagged to author a site. … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Last

Buried treasure

January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 ~ Tara R. ~ 3 Comments

I am one of those terribly annoying people who seems to have a corresponding anecdote for every story someone else tells. It's another of my bad habits I'm aware of and try to curb. Many times I have such a tale on the tip of my tongue and bite it off. Not my tongue, the … Continue reading Buried treasure