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Fiction

March 13, 2025

Black Hole or Sinkhole? (A Mamie and Solly Story)

Scene: Mamie and Solly stare at their moth-eaten-looking front lawn from their sidewalk and debate about what might be happening there in another reality. Solly (pointing): I think it’s a sinkhole, Mamie. Forming on our front lawn. Covered it with a tarp. City engineer coming to take a look. Plumber might be able to fix... Read More

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February 19, 2025

Unpacking It (A Mamie and Solly Story)

Scene: Mamie, standing in blustering wind in a Midwestern, middle-class cul-de-sac with baggage strewn around their van, is watching Solly, up on a stool outside on the passenger side, fiddling with the car-top carrier’s attachment to the roof rack. Mamie (hands at waist, elbows out): Solly, what’s happening here? Have you lost your mind? Solly... Read More

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January 10, 2025

Sanctuary (A Mamie and Solly Story)

(Scene: Mamie and Solly are talking while walking in the mall for exercise.) Mamie (dreamily): We’re so lucky, Solly. Solly (side glance): Why? M: People see us. And we see them. S: Not surprising. They have eyes. So do we. M: Of course we do. S (frowning): Why do I think you’re going to tell... Read More

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December 17, 2024

Make It a Great Year (A Mamie and Solly Story)

(Scene: Mamie and Solly eating out while recapping the year.) Mamie (cutting her salad): Been a heck of a year, Solly. Solly (pouring his dressing): Mamie, I’m glad to be retired. M: You taught in the Spring. S: Started out teaching in person which was great. M: Then, a friend in the Midwest passed away.... Read More

Fiction

November 9, 2024

Geriatric ADD (A Mamie and Solly Story)

(Scene: Decades-married Mamie and Solly are in The Dive, an underwater hotel. Mamie is having early morning coffee and reading in the glassed-in lobby. Fish swim around outside. Solly joins her.) Solly: Good morning, Mamie. Is there tea? Mamie (sitting): Of course. I just had the weirdest experience. (pointing) Oh, look! There goes an eel!... Read More

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October 8, 2024

Salty Tale (A Mamie and Solly Story)

(Scene: Mamie and Solly, decades-long spouses in time, sit at breakfast in their sunny yellow kitchen.) Solly (unfolding his napkin): Pass the salt, please. Mamie (happily): Which one? S (eyebrows flattening): What do you mean, which one? M (whipping out a tray): New salts for you! S (frowning): Why are there so many salt shakers? ... Read More

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September 10, 2024

Quantum Exchange

(Scene: Mamie and Solly, married for decades, are weeding a garden. Weeds are flourishing amidst sparsely populated iris.) Solly (staring down in dismay): Garden is really overgrown. Weeds and flowers are intertwining. It’s a knee-high jungle. Mamie (on all fours, weeding): How could all this have grown up so quickly? S (pulling on a weed): ... Read More

Fiction

August 4, 2024

Schadenfreude Tuesday (A Mamie and Solly Story)

(Scene: On Wednesday, Mamie is driving a minivan pulling a rental trailer, jammed with consignment furniture that didn’t sell, on the road toward home, 900-miles away. She and husband Solly are rehashing what happened the day before.) Mamie (singing the first phrase, then speaking): On the road again … glad it’s Wednesday … view out... Read More

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July 11, 2024

Dads (A Mamie and Solly Story)

“Tea?” asked Mamie, turning her head toward him, raising her eyebrows. Solly glanced at her from the driver’s seat, seeing a slender woman, endearingly familiar, proffering a traveler’s mug with a dangling tea bag string. In the air conditioner’s gentle breeze, her graying hair stirred in rhythm with the string. “Sure,” he... Read More

Fiction

June 5, 2024

The Encounter

Scene: Late on a dark night, a blue minivan hauling a closed, rented trailer pulls in to get gas, coffee, and snacks under the bright lights of a truck stop just off the interstate highway in mountainous western Virginia. Cleo (turning off the car, unsnapping her seat belt, opening the door): Thank goodness. Time to... Read More

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