I told her I wanted to write about Big Carl. “Who the hell is Big Carl?” she said. She was unimpressed when I told her that Big Carl was and is a giant tuba. “Where is it?” she said “In a storeroom above a music store,” I said. “I think.” “Why would anyone want to … Continue reading Story Time Sunday 09/28/145 — “tubuglular” a true story appropriate for all ages
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Story Time Sunday, 09/21/14 — at true story about kites (appropriate for all ages)
When I was 12, my dad took me to the fancy screening room at Seven Arts and the dads and kids watched the Walt Disney Mary Poppins movie. I was a bit too old to do this, and there I was in my plaid miniskirt and kneesocks and Carnaby Street hair trying to look cool … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, 09/21/14 — at true story about kites (appropriate for all ages)
Story Time Sunday, July 27th, 2014: power center
There’s a vortex there she said they said. Someone spoke at a ridiculous dinner where she wasn’t sure whether the main teller was the wife or the daughter of the man who first said the thing about Mount Shasta. Vortex she told me she told them – the daughter/wife and the man -- I don’t … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, July 27th, 2014: power center
Story Time Sunday, May 11th, 2014 — a true story for all ages
We stumbled upon it. Twice. This health food store on the highway in some town in Oregon. We were hungry, but he can’t eat unhealthy any more. And I shouldn’t. So we have to eat slow. The health food store is big. Two people run it. A man and a woman. They are not young. … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, May 11th, 2014 — a true story for all ages
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
Story Time Sunday, a true tale 02/23/14 (appropriate for all ages)
Remember how clunky they were? Heavy? How you had to have stout shoes to even attempt them? Not loafers, because they’d just pop off your feet carrying the weight of those wheels and those heavy clamps that fit around your toes. The ones that needed the key, and you had to have the key with … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, a true tale 02/23/14 (appropriate for all ages)
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 