Tag Archives: frustration

Winter Weather — Kerry – 1/18/2016

Posted on January 18, 2016 by eportugal4

Winter Weather January 18, 2016 There is always music in my head, an ongoing soundtrack accompanying my every task. Sometimes, I’m baffled by the tune my brain seizes. This morning, for instance. I went to bed last night dreading the … Continue reading →

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Tears, Fears, and Gears — Amanda – 9/24/2015

Posted on September 24, 2015 by eportugal4

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 →

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My Life As an Itinerant Chicken Sexer — Sigurd – 7/9/2015

Posted on July 9, 2015 by eportugal4

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 →

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Capping the Well — Colleen – 4/24/2015

Posted on April 24, 2015 by eportugal4

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 →

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Colleen 1/9/2015 – Self-flagellation

Posted on January 10, 2015 by eportugal4

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 →

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Sigurd 1/6/2015 – Camp 14

Posted on January 6, 2015 by eportugal4

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 →

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Colleen 10/24/2014 – Published Yet?

Posted on October 24, 2014 by eportugal4

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 →

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