Life is a Story


Tell it Big

Tag: writing

  • Shoulder Vultures

    My personal vulture sneaks in with the delete and backspace keys on my lap-top. I remember the olden days, when color was grainy, hair was big and deleting things involved bits of torn off carbon paper and a sharp edge.

  • The Eyes Have It

    Eyes do some incredible things, especially in fiction. I’ve read about eyes falling upon, dropping, dragging, darting, skimming, rolling up and back, fluttering, blinking, and closing. Eyes pop, glow, screw up, screw up to the sun, squint, and are pressed upon by darkness.

  • What Can Possibly Happen? – Another Life is a Story Moment

    I’m trying to cut and paste, watch the conversation and the Parrot is walking across my hand crocheted rug with two slices of pizza. I might have missed a beat but I got the pizza back and got someone to capture and imprison the bird. What could possibly happen?