embrace what is daunting
“I still remember the shudder when I sensed a knowing as pure as fact—that I might only truly become my fullest self if I explored and stayed open to moving through daunting terrain…I wanted to explore in writing what I was beginning to sense about life—that discoveries, innovations, and creative endeavors often, perhaps even only, come from uncommon ground. In hindsight, I realize that I was focused on improbable rises because...
“The New Morrigan,” by Linda Cooper
She’s got a mango cleaved to her chest cavity, juices drowning the aorta, sweet acidic draining from chamber to vein, and she thinks she’ll yell, but quietly, into the pillow of her sadness like the feathered ape who lost a mate and blindly tools some ants onto its tongue. This morning, songbirds trill the air like a dentist’s drill until a crow caws and caws, silencing her self-pity. Hops...
Under the Harrow, by Flynn Berry
Flynn Berry, who won the Spring 2012 Orlando Creative Nonfiction Prize Winner for “Surfing,” will have her debut novel published June 2016 by Penguin. Here is her AROHO Story, and details about her book: I still remember exactly what the genre judge, Celeste Fremon, said about my story, and doubt I’ll ever forget it. It was the first time I’d been published or won a national prize. I read the message from Tracey...
“They Look Like Angels,” by Anna Scotti
The best weapon for little hands is probably the Kimber Solo, if you’re looking for conceal-carry. You’ve got your three L’ s to think about, when you’re training a child– you need a weapon that’s lightweight, low-recoil, and low trigger-pull, because if you can’t get your shot fired off, all the training in the world is for nothing. Mike Clark lets us shoot when the range is cold; it’s against code but I taught Mike...
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