Dear Magically Real Friends: I wrote "Sock Legends" several years ago on an Easter morning that also coincided with Passover. It continues to be one my favorite stories, and I will keep on reprinting and reposting it, until it's no longer needed. Please read and share. (appropriate for everyone) Happy Easter! Happy Passover! Peace, Love, … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, April 20th, 2014 — “Sock Legends” (appropriate for all sentient beings)
Story Time Sunday, April 13th, 2014 – a strange story for adults only
The summer of Pocahontas The summer the movie Pocahontas came out, a lawyer-man’s white female law partner went crazy after seeing the film at the Cineplex in a wealthy suburb in Northern California. In an unrelated incident, a white woman aborted the fetus she carried. While another white woman (who also worked at the … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, April 13th, 2014 – a strange story for adults only
Sunday Special: 4 poems in honor of the new season of Game of Thrones, April 6th 2014
Dear Friends -- I tried and tried to think about stories and poems today, but all I can think about is Game of Thrones. "Don't fight it," said a former student. "Write about it." Sometimes if you're a writer you just have to go with the flow. Accept your obsession, and let it own you. … Continue reading Sunday Special: 4 poems in honor of the new season of Game of Thrones, April 6th 2014
Story Time Sunday, March 30th, 2014 — A Thanksgiving story in March
Dear friends -- this is a snippet of a possible memoir called My Romanovs. Appropriate for all ages. Thanksgiving chez les Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Rogers were very wealthy New Yorkers who were friends with my Romanovs, that is to say -- my grandfather Vladimir and my grandmother Stephanya. Mr. Rogers was tall and … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, March 30th, 2014 — A Thanksgiving story in March
story time sunday, march 23, 2014 —
Rockers and Swings: days and nights The chairs I grew up on, did not move. Well, they did sometimes by accident. You scraped the chairs over a wooden floor or got them caught on a woolen rug, or you tipped them back and someone yelled at you. Not me. I don’t remember tipping my chair, … Continue reading story time sunday, march 23, 2014 —
Story Time Sunday, March 16th, 2014 — Story for all ages
Dear friends -- a wonderful Threadless t-shirt as well as a cake pan based on the t-shirt inspired this tiny tale. Waiting for the Ice Cream Truck The children, and even the oldest of the senior citizens are waiting for the ice cream truck. They are waiting on their porches of boredom, their patios of … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, March 16th, 2014 — Story for all ages
The Writing Process Blog Tour continues at Magically Real!
Many thanks to Kelly Davio for inviting me to participate in the Writing Process Blog Tour! Kelly is the author of the poetry collection Burn This House (Red Hen Press), and she has a forthcoming novel in poems Jacob Wrestling, that will launch in Spring 2015 with Pink Fish Press. She is a former poetry editor … Continue reading The Writing Process Blog Tour continues at Magically Real!
Story Time Sunday on Monday — March 10th, 2014, “The Story of an Hour”
A story for those of us, who prefer standard time... Once upon a time there was an hour. The hour was born – of course – in an hour glass and was raised by its loving parents Month and Week, as well as by siblings and relatives connected to greater and lesser time units. It … Continue reading Story Time Sunday on Monday — March 10th, 2014, “The Story of an Hour”
Midweek mini-meditation: when the truth is stranger than fiction (and is also violent, dark, and is a videogame). March 5th 2014
Dear Friends of the Magical, the Surprising, the Weird and the Real: Over here at Magically Real HQ, we keep an eye out for the thing that sparks us -- the thing that makes us want to think, write, talk, and make work. Also teach. Also speak out when necessary. Also do laundry. We are … Continue reading Midweek mini-meditation: when the truth is stranger than fiction (and is also violent, dark, and is a videogame). March 5th 2014
Story Time Sunday, March 2nd, 2014 — a true story! appropriate for all ages
Bus Stop A liminal space. Wait, that's too fancy. Ok, a place to wait for the bus. But that's not it entirely. See, it's a place between destinations where things can happen. Because you AREN'T for once in the process of going; you're waiting to go, and so you're not resting exactly with your feet … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, March 2nd, 2014 — a true story! appropriate for all ages
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 