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Month: July 2023

Always the Right Thing – Published

Last Christmas for my family I made three different little booklets (or chapbooks) that included the writings of myself, my Great Aunt Kate and my mother in-law Gaylia Kenslow-Stogsdill. To print these, it was about $7.50 each at Staples, plus my time in folding and stapling them. Recently I needed a few more copies and… Read More Always the Right Thing – Published

July 5, 2023September 21, 2025 rostie06Leave a comment

I Pull Up the Covers

I pull the covers up tight, Scrunching down into the fabric, Forcing my eyes closed, Praying he passes me by. It would be unbelievable good luck, If he ignored me tonight, Or any night for that matter, And a boy can dream, can’t he? Inside the depths of my soul though, I know that I… Read More I Pull Up the Covers

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I am a proud card-carrying introvert (fiction)

I am a proud card-carrying introvert. Other people? Bah, to hell with them. I have me, myself and I, so who else would I need? I spit on the grave of those disgusting extroverts, their loud voices and attention stealing ways. What is my dream of a perfect life? A small cabin in the middle… Read More I am a proud card-carrying introvert (fiction)

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