June 2012 – Page 2 – Andrea Miles

Moving Trucks

I hadn’t realized until this weekend how I feel about moving trucks. Our next-door neighbors sold their house and the new neighbors are moving in. So for two days moving trucks have been parked on our street and men have been loading boxes onto hand carts and pushing them down the truck ramp, along theContinue reading “Moving Trucks”

“It wasn’t the first time…”

Complete the following story in 33 words: ‘It wasn’t the first time.’ (The five words are not to be included in your 33 words) It wasn’t the first time she’d fired a gun, but she’d never killed anyone before. She clenched her hands to stop the shaking. She wasn’t sorry. Young girls weren’t meant for buying andContinue reading ““It wasn’t the first time…””

A Bounty of Books from the Library

One of my favorite places to go when I was a kid was to the library. I loved browsing the library shelves, selecting old favorites and new titles. I remember watching the librarian stamping the books, a staccato rhythm as she stamped the inkpad and then the card in the back of the book, backContinue reading “A Bounty of Books from the Library”