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I have grown to love my six word stories. Many times I just don’t have a lot of words. But when I make myself thinking 6 small words, and how I could fit just those 6 together, it forces my mind open and relieves the pressure. One thing you wouldn’t know about me unless we…
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This is my family’s first winter in the south. Our original home is Northwestern, Ontario. This Will be my children’s first green Christmas. The little bits of snow we have had have been a joy for them. It’s like they have never seen the stuff before despite living in it up to our ears for…
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Empty. Slowly I am learning it is not something I need to be afraid of. It offers the choice, “What will I fill myself with?” The last 5 years have also seen my need for silence grow. It whispers to me, “Come and simply be.” In that silence, in my emptiness, I glimpse things that…
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Sometimes a soul just needs to be quiet, alone with self. Alone without the noise of the world blaring in ones ears, maybe that soul can understand itself. Why is self sometimes one of the most difficult things to understand? Sometimes you have to find peace with not filling understanding. Take a break from looking…
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The words I write every day are so often about how I am feeling in the moment. Sometimes I feel strong, sometimes I feel vulnerable, sometimes I am unsure what I am feeling.
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A collection of six word stories. Fog might obscure our path from time to time, but I am choosing to remember the path is still there and won’t move. Not only that, but mist is proof of the moisture that hangs in the air. The proof of life giving water. Proof of the cycle that…
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My second small collection of six word stories. Sometimes I search for a photo to match the words rolling around in my head. Sometimes I see a picture first, and it speaks to me. I am trying to teach myself to find words and emotions in places picture that do not always naturally speak to…
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I find briefness powerful, yet elusive. In the last few weeks, I have taken to trying to cultivate it in my own work by writing six word stories. It’s an exercise I am enjoying. Do you write six word stories? Or some other kind if micro fiction? What form of short prose do you find…
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