Category: Quick Reads

  • Shedding the Shell

    Shedding the Shell

    Emergence is a constant cycle of stepping out, going through, removing what can be left behind. Molting is the process of casting off the old to make room for the new. If the grasshopper, snake, spider, crab, or bird can shed it’s skin to grow, surely, we can too. Biologically, we all shed little by…

  • A Short Break

    A Short Break

    He was in his boat going down the river. Soon, he stopped at a beachside. Getting out, he found a comfortable spot to sit, tucked his feet deep in the sand and leaned against a rock. Pulling a sandwich and drink from his bag, he enjoyed lunch while gazing over the water. He fell asleep,…

  • The Basket

    The Basket

    “She should have grabbed a basket, like all of us,” a woman said. Halfway through the store, the lady’s arms were already full, dropping the crackers, dropping the butter, oh, there goes the taters.  She picked one up, dropped another, but restacked her arms, and hurried on. “It’s okay, sometimes we all go without a…

  • What Comes and Goes

    What Comes and Goes

    “I know that I can get all this gear into the trunk, and then we will have room for the dogs in the back,” she suggested.“It won’t fit I already tried,” he argued.“Just let me try, I know I can do it,” She pleaded.“Fine, but when you’re done wasting our time let me know. I’ll…

  • Little Red Wagon

    Little Red Wagon

    We were four towheaded kids piling into a little red wagon on our way to the supermarket. My little brother and I squeezed between my sister, the oldest, and in the front with each leg kicked over the edge, and my older brother who was on the back rim pretending to be a caboose. Mom…