Tag Archives: frustration
Tears, Fears, and Gears — Amanda – 9/24/2015
Tears, Fears, and Gears September 24, 2015 The last time I cried at a birthday party was when I was nine or ten. A friend invited a dozen or so girls to a roller rink, and I was the only … Continue reading
My Life As an Itinerant Chicken Sexer — Sigurd – 7/9/2015
My Life As an Itinerant Chicken Sexer Thursday 09 July 2015 My board of directors met today and roundly criticized all I had ever done, and all I ever plan to do. Just before adjourning for brandy and cigars, each … Continue reading
Capping the Well — Colleen – 4/24/2015
Capping the Well 24 April 2015 Anger may bring some kind of energy for a short period, but that energy is actually blind energy. And anger can really destroy the part of your brain which can judge right or wrong. … Continue reading
Colleen 1/9/2015 – Self-flagellation
9 January 2015 Dear Colleen, Beating yourself up, are you? Sure go ahead. As Elaina said, it’s not as though the world came to an end because you didn’t post a new letter today. But you can’t bloody stand it … Continue reading
Sigurd 1/6/2015 – Camp 14
Tuesday 06 January 2015 Sig, Move your elbow and you change the periphery of the universe. A high school English teacher named Gordon Wood told me that the year before I dropped out. Hmph—what a thought. A fragmentary remembrance that … Continue reading
Colleen 10/24/2014 – Published Yet?
24 October 2014 Dear Colleen, This week reminded you of how acutely you feel the strain of not being able to say that you’re published. You tried to open an Amazon author page, but since you’re in three large anthologies … Continue reading
One Year of Letters 