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Recently Posted American Stories

Lives Lost

by | Nov 3, 2023 | ,

Four little girls were murdered in an Arkansas school yard. The tragic event had been updated for days. I thought it was time to remind viewers that there was more to this tale. Looking at a school year book one day, gave me an idea: Our children are like library books with a due date unknown. These lives stopped at the start of their story. But their stories live on in friends who can tell them. Why not get students together to talk about their classmates? Those murdered children were more than what happened to them.

Cave Rescue

by | Nov 2, 2023 | ,

“Shadows chase shadows. Now and then a whisper of sliding rope. The anxious, uneven breathing of 60 people lugging one of their own to safety.” I keep an Ideas notebook. When something prompts an idea, I type it into my cellphone. These thoughts may not always fit the story I’ve been assigned, but I don’t throw them away. The next time I’m pressed for an opening line, I scroll through those thoughts. Two words “Darkness” and “Friendship” inspired that opening narration.

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