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Ever wonder what it’s like at a Chicago group home for wayward girls? My newest series “Hannah’s Place” will leave you feeling glad you’re not a twisted teen any longer. Coming soon!
View ArticleHannah’s Place (1) or Welcome to a Home for Wayward Teens
“What’s your crime?” Roan asks. She’s my new roommate at Hannah’s place and she’s all nosy. She shoves a skinny finger into her mouth, her tiny teeth gripping the tops of her crimson painted...
View ArticleHannah’s Place (2)
Dinner is Stove Top stuffing and Swanson’s turkey and gravy from a tinfoil container. Frozen food at its best. There are eight paper plates with plastic silverware and mismatched napkins. Eight...
View ArticleHannah’s Place (3)
Shawna with the long braids and rainbow beads stares at me. She chews with her mouth open, bits of soggy bread and turkey rolling between her teeth. “So, get lost?” Her eyes narrow, sharp slits of...
View ArticleThe phobic Blogger
I’ll admit it… I’ve been phobic about coming online. I’ve been stuck feeling somewhere between wordless and worried, distracted by graduation parties with meat trays and cubed cheesed stabbed with...
View ArticleMessage in a Bottle
A storm swept through my city and pulled down power lines, ripped towering trees from the ground, snapped thick branches. I’ve been without power for four days, stealing electricity from the local...
View ArticleOh, What a Card!
I know it’s time to write when I hear the narration in my head. You know, the one that never stops, a steady stream of words and ideas like you are in a black-and-white movie and there’s a smoky,...
View ArticleSlipping
I’m driving my son to fencing class when I get the call. Before cell phones, calls like this came in the middle of the night. A woman I know, not close enough to call “friend” but more than a casual...
View ArticlePaper Dolls
It’s 8 in the morning, and I’m listening to a favorite break-up album. I drank too much wine last night, painted my toenails cherry red, decided to have a fling. Yesterday, I went one of those Asian...
View ArticleTrileptal
1. My new shrink is nervous. He’s young and shy, with a weird last name. I’m not sure if I trust him. He looks like he just got out of medical school. He looks young enough that I could have...
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