by Think In The Morning | Aug 10, 2020 | Words |
When Marcus’s mother took him with her to town to buy groceries, Marcus was disgusted by an old man outside the store. The man’s face was all twisted, his nose was scrunched up like a giant raisin, his pants were rumpled and torn, his socks were mismatched and his...
by Think In The Morning | Aug 10, 2020 | Words |
Though you hurry away, it’s a brief delay:three scattered handfuls of earth will free you. Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) * Horace Cucumber rolled down the steep garden path of John Winthrop’s hillside garden ripping off pieces of his green skin on the sharp...
by Think In The Morning | Aug 10, 2020 | Words |
“Good Gracious!” said Millicent. It was what she always said when she was surprised or shocked. “Look at that blue pig.”Her little brother Franco stood beside their mother dressed in his blue shorts and green shirt. He had on his brown shoes. It was a good thing...
by Think In The Morning | Aug 9, 2020 | Words |
Bebop and Beezie lived in a tree. They were red apples that grew up together from the time they were tiny buds. You might think it would be fun to grow up in a tree, or maybe you think it would not be fun at all. Whatever you think, Bebop and Beezie had no choice....
by Think In The Morning | May 22, 2020 | Words |
It is the autumn of 1918 and a world war and an influenza epidemic rage outside the isolated utopian logging community of Commonwealth, Wash. In an eerily familiar climate of fear, rumor and patriotic hysteria, the town enacts a strict quarantine, posting guards at...
by Think In The Morning | May 17, 2020 | Words |
Think in the Morning continues our look into the literary memories of the 1918 Pandemic. Our first read was Pale Horse, Pale Rider. Katherine Anne Porter gave us an unforgettable memory of the impact of the Spanish flu and the Great War on a young couple whose paths...
