It was the first week of the first Spring that we lived in Marble. Daddy had bought a piece of vacant land that was nestled in a forest of aspen trees and his plan was that we would spend the Summer building a cabin on the land so that we could sell it and makeContinue reading “The Grass is My Rug, The Earth is My Floor – A Mountain Story”
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Kept Promises are the Best Promises – A Very True Story
A Short and very true explanation for why I do not kill spiders….. Just outside of an especially small town in New Mexico, down an especially long dirt driveway, there is an especially odd little house made of rocks. Inside the little rock house is a tiny bathroom with crooked tile in the shower, aContinue reading “Kept Promises are the Best Promises – A Very True Story”
“Born to Shop”
I wore the same shirt from the age of ten to fourteen. That is four years. It was a white boxy t-shirt with a disheveled rabbit on the front of it. The rabbit was carrying a number of shopping bags and it read underneath the image ‘Born to Shop’. The cheap cotton of theContinue reading ““Born to Shop””
The Red Thread Collector – A Love Story
For thousands of years people have tried to pen words that explain love. Poems, books, romance novels, songs, even chemists and scientists have all attempted to give words to what love is and how it works. Here I add my humble choreography of sentences to the vast collection of writings about love. I was stillContinue reading “The Red Thread Collector – A Love Story”
The Butt That No One Would Claim
I had to call my husband today and ask him if I should write a blog about my butt. I suppose that is not the question most men get or want from their wives, but that is how I roll. So here is a blog that is close to my heart, in fact it isContinue reading “The Butt That No One Would Claim”
Holding the Storm
If there was one word that would sum up my entire childhood it would have to be Misunderstood. I had a knack for expressing myself in ways that very few people related to. I was angry, dramatic and resentful and I let everyone know about it. In spite of an obviously traumatic childhood, my emotionalContinue reading “Holding the Storm”
My Daddy’s Mountain Stories – Part Two
Another excerpt from my book about growing up in the mountains. In remembrance of my wild and crazy mountain man Dad! …….The snow brought fun times as well, while my daddy was still alive. He would invite our friends from town to come up and hang out with us. Mysteriously, it was considered fun to come toContinue reading “My Daddy’s Mountain Stories – Part Two”
My Daddy’s Mountain Stories – Part One
Every year as we approach May, I find myself feeling a little melancholy because my Daddy died during the Springtime twenty years ago. I have been, for far too long, working on a book about my Dad. I will be posting some excerpts from the book over the next couple weeks. Daddy told us just beforeContinue reading “My Daddy’s Mountain Stories – Part One”
Where I Have Been
It has been too long since I posted a blog, I am sorry for that. Usually when I sit down to write my problem is choosing which thought to share, which story to tell. Words are puppets and I am the puppet master. They do what I tell them to and dance for my pleasure.Continue reading “Where I Have Been”
William and the Wind
This is the first installment in a collection of mini stories I have written over the years. These short fiction tales are filled with hidden meanings and lessons I never want to forget. The characters are based on real individuals I know and have learned from. Welcome to the first piece in Geri’s Collection of Folklore andContinue reading “William and the Wind”
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