This seventy-five word story was posted September 24, 2018 by Richard at Paragraph Planet. The rabbit freezes. I raise my rifle and sight. Our eyes lock. It stares back, seeming to dare me to blow it away. You asked for it. I start to squeeze the trigger. Next to me my son says, “Go forContinue reading “The Rabbit Freezes”
Monthly Archives: September 2018
What Grandma Said
The last time I saw my Grandmother Sara I’d wheeled her down to the community room of Meridian Way, the retirement home where she’d been living for the last year and a half. “Is this okay?” I asked, setting the brake, “Are we close enough to the window?” Grandma smiled, sat forward looking out overContinue reading “What Grandma Said”
Yellowjackets
It was Field Day, the last day of school for the Long Lake 5th graders. I was looking forward to tomorrow: no kids, no schedules, no rules to enforce. No nothing. I was also looking forward to a summer of alone time – my idea of heaven. I was standing on the sidelines, monitoring aContinue reading “Yellowjackets”