The Invention

Posted by Lovelyn | May 24, 2009 .

My husband: I’m thinking of making an invention.
Me: Really? What?
My husband: It’ll be the right hand part of the bass–small so I can take it in the car with me. I can practice plucking rhythms while I’m driving.
Translation: Reading, changing my clothes, playing the harmonica, and napping while driving isn’t dangerous enough. I’ve been trying [...]

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The Rent–A Short Story

Posted by Lovelyn | May 22, 2009 .

I should just post this without prefacing it but I can’t help myself. I wrote this story for a contest. They wanted a story that portrayed the life of a jazz musician. I thought that seemed easy enough and wrote this silly little story. I know it has some problems, but it’s a much more [...]

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Some Pictures

Posted by Lovelyn | May 21, 2009 .

They always look so mean when I take a picture of them together.

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Name That Vegetable

Posted by Lovelyn | May 18, 2009 .

It’s time to play another round of name that vegetable. I got this in my vegetable box last week and had no idea what it was or what to do with it. Before you read any further take a close look and see if you can name this vegetable.
After much investigation (otherwise known as reading [...]

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The Examination

Posted by Lovelyn | May 13, 2009 .

Here’s an essay I wrote soon after my first miscarriage, two years ago.
The Examination
“Scoot down to the edge of the table,” she told me.
I did as I was told–silently. The white paper beneath me crinkled. I looked at the construction work out the window next to me. A yellow crane hoisted a large concrete beam [...]

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Let Me Count the Waves?

Posted by Lovelyn | May 11, 2009 .

My Husband: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Me: What?
My Husband: You don’t know that? It’s a famous poem.
Me: I know, but you said “Let me count the ways.”
My Husband: That’s the way it goes.
Me: No it’s not. It goes “Let me count the waves.”
My Husband: No it doesn’t. That doesn’t mean [...]

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Weekend Special

Posted by Lovelyn | May 5, 2009 .

My short story, “Weekend Special” was published today. You can read it on Everyday Fiction’s website.
I’d been trying to get them to publish one of my flash fiction stories forever and I was so tried of getting rejected that I sent them this story–which I think is garbage. I wrote it as an assignment for [...]

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On the Drive to the Emergency Room

Posted by Lovelyn | May 5, 2009 .

I called an ambulance to take me to the emergency room last week. This is the conversation that occurred in the ambulance.
Paramedic: (Filling out my intake form) Your date of birth?
Me: 19-05-1974
Paramedic: Age?
Me: I’m 34.
Paramedic: (Looks up from the form) No you’re not.
Me: Yes, I am.
Paramedic: No, you’re not. I’m 34, and I was born [...]

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The 5 Best Things About Staying in the Hospital

Posted by Lovelyn | May 4, 2009 .

In case you didn’t know, I was in the hospital recently. It was nothing serious, just an exploding fallopian tube and some internal bleeding. The doctors in the emergency room seemed to think that I only needed some painkillers to be fixed right up.
The following day, my doctor seemed to think it required emergency surgery. [...]

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