This 75 word story was posted Tuesday, February 19 on Paragraph Planet. Amaryllis. They grow tall in a pot on the window sill. Four pink flowers tinged with swirls of red set against a winter background of white. He touches the petals wistfully, thinking of spring and working in the garden. Mood uplifted, he putsContinue reading “Amaryllis”
Monthly Archives: February 2019
Do You Believe In Magic?
Carrie and I were out to dinner, sharing a meal at our favorite restaurant, George and the Dragon. We’d been dating for over a year and were thoroughly enjoying each other’s company, so much better than our previous relationships. We were young, in our late twenties, and both had good jobs: I was a softwareContinue reading “Do You Believe In Magic?”
Transcendentalists
“The Transcendentalists lived in Massachusetts in the eighteen-fifties,” Teacher said. “They believed that man could exist and be at one with nature. Examples would be Ralph Waldo Emerson and his friend Henry David Thoreau, a man who built a cabin on Walden Pond and lived there by himself for two years.” Larry Adams listened intentlyContinue reading “Transcendentalists”