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Tilting at Windmills: Surrendering to Roses

I disliked roses when I was growing up. My mother didn’t have any in our garden. Lilacs? Yes. Lily of the ..


Tilting at Windmills: Sky Blue

It was one of those days. One of those terrible, terrible days. That particular Wednesday had slammed all of the ..


Tilting at Windmills: Samuel the Sloth

Once upon a time, there was a wizard named Wally … I mean a lizard named Larry … No. I ..


Tilting at Windmills: The Summer of Joey

Part of me wants this to be a “Once upon a time” story. But it might not have a legitimate ..


Tilting at Windmills: Good Bye, Joe - Encore

The last time I saw Joe, I was with my family, eating, greeting, telling stories about this and that. After ..


Tilting at Windmills: Spring!

Hi there! I’m a jonquil, and I want to say “Hello.” And “Hi” from me, a daffodil. I’m yellow! Yellow! Yellow! From bright red ..


Tilting at Windmills: Between Two Hard Covers

Oops. I almost squashed you. Please excuse me. I didn’t see you sitting beside me on the shelf. Only 7.7 ..


Tilting at Windmills: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah

I’m not sure what modern horror made me wonder why today’s music is so depressing (maybe Kanye West selling swastika ..


Tilting at Windmills: The Stenographer and the Spymaster

Although I’ve never had a wild desire to be a 21st Century Mata Hari, I admit to a certain admiration ..


Tilting at Windmills: Love Letter to a Typewriter

Whenever I think about my favorite writers, I image them hunched over manuscripts, their brains filled with plots, characters, and ..


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