MGoyette

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"Memorial Day, Part 4"

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Gabby goes with her family to visit the ancestral lands of Normandy and Brittany. Gabby likes cemeteries because they are park-like and the one that hosts her family has a nice view of the sea. Her parents leave her there while they go to t...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 394 views | Short Stories | March 17, 2021

"Memorial Day, Part 3"

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Camille did not look surprised when Becca appeared at the door of her suite ostensibly to return the book which she had enjoyed. Camille invited her in and they exchanged small talk about Silence of the Sea. After a short silence,...

1 Like | 0 comment | 421 views | Short Stories | March 17, 2021

"Memorial Day, Part 2"

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In her first-person account Becca recalls her summer school in England after her high school graduation. Though a journalism major she wanted to take English Lit as an elective and she could get credit if she studied at the Univ. of Notti...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 418 views | Short Stories | March 17, 2021

"Memorial Day, Part 1"

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This is a narrative of a potential short story. In a small town in New England the traditional Memorial Day celebration is proceeding on a sunny day in 2017. First there is the high school choir singing patriotic songs then there are speec...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 412 views | Short Stories | March 17, 2021

"Musings From Boobyland"

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“The pirates were on the beach burying a chest. I watched from behind a palm but they spotted me. I bolted and they gave chase–deadly weapons in hand. Scrambling through the sand, I was halted by a wall of giant hermit crabs. Caught bet...

1 Like | 0 comment | 435 views | Short Stories | February 19, 2021

"Wake Up and Smell the Burnt Coffee"

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FLOP! FLOP! FLOP! FLOP! I cringed at the sound of a flat tire in Middle of Nowhere, Utah. The last sign I passed announced “next services 100 miles“ while the recommended mileage for the doughnut is 50. Apparently, the manufacturers nev...

1 Like | 0 comment | 479 views | Short Stories | February 19, 2021

"My Enemy–Myself"

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“I don’t want to be remembered as a homeless, alcoholic, mental case.” My friend’s words cut me to the core. He had conquered his demons and won respect for his artistic gift, but he still considered himself a “loser” while I co...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 401 views | Essays | February 7, 2021

"Invisible"

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When did I become invisible? Maybe it didn’t happen all at once. Maybe it was a slow fade so gradual that I didn’t notice it. Whatever the timeframe, I am now unseen. Friends no longer acknowledge me. They don’t return text messages o...

1 Like | 0 comment | 499 views | Short Stories | February 7, 2021

"Savor the Moment: The Fern Forest"

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SAVOR THE MOMENT: THE FERN FOREST Come. Enter the forest with me and savor moments among the ferns. In dappled sunshine we’ll follow the worn path. Come. Join me....

0 Likes | 0 comment | 449 views | General | November 13, 2020

"Lessons From The Garden"

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LESSONS FROM THE GARDEN It has been stated that you never really know...

1 Like | 0 comment | 576 views | General | July 12, 2020

"THE INFAMOUS AFRICAN VIRUS"

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Part of a larger work. After the death of her father, Lee Morelli, sorts through his papers to find the journal she sent him while volunteering in Africa decades ago. Dear Dad, Mention Africa to people in the industrialized world and what...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 741 views | Essays | March 11, 2019

"Who Are You?"

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I bought a book from a shop in town, an old antique very richly bound. I took it home eager to read, the verses I knew my soul would feed. The...

1 Like | 3 comments | 1114 views | Poetry | February 16, 2019

"A SCHIZOID DIALOG"

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After the death of my mate, an anxious, depressed, alcohol-dependent artist, two sides of my personality clashed on what to do with my life. My primal side focused on my self-preservation. My more evolved side holds my moral compass and con...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 794 views | Essays | February 7, 2019

"Wills And Wars"

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Wills and wars have cut you adrift from me. Between us stretches an ocean – a barrier yet a link. Your love pulses to me through the sea....

0 Likes | 0 comment | 1114 views | Poetry | February 4, 2019

"Once There Were Daisies"

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Once there were daisies, a glorious saffron acre glowing along the river, canary beauties thriving by the waters. I’d slip to their beds, th...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 992 views | General | February 4, 2019