The Daily Writes

Enough is enough

November 15, 2011 by Tara

She looked across the bed at him.  What did he just say? Did he just tell her that the way she had carefully folded the towels the way he liked them folded was wrong? “It’s fine Love. It’s just that the cabinet they go in is a certain shape and I … [Continue reading]

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Photo of a rose

November 10, 2011 by Tara

There was a rose bush for every child, including the one who had died before she was born. Her mother had long ago forgotten which rose bush was for which child, but she mentioned almost every time we walked past that there was one for each of … [Continue reading]

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The salt shaker

November 9, 2011 by Tara

They sat quietly at the small, two-person table.  2011 started with a joint agreement to no longer eat dinner in front of the TV. She’d seen a report that it was linked to obesity.  It was now November and TV was no longer the norm, rather it was … [Continue reading]

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Good news

November 2, 2011 by Tara

“It didn’t totally suck. I mean, he was a nice guy but absolutely no spark. And oh, yeah, that reference on his profile about having some health issues, well he expanded on that one for sure.”  Zoe didn’t sound upset about her date, she didn’t sound … [Continue reading]

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What I hear

October 29, 2011 by Tara

She was a tour guide. Her tours took them far and wide in the exciting suburban jungles of Wilhelmina Street. She always brought along a few things, like her Panasonic portable cassette player, she documented her tours for future listening.  She … [Continue reading]

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