Photo Stories

Photo Story #61

written by Leslie

A pumpkin latte calls for a sweater. Pumpkin bread fresh from the oven should steam the kitchen windows. It was October, but it was still popsicle weather. All she wanted…

October 19, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #60

written by Leslie

It was October, but it felt like a sizzling July afternoon. Friday night they’d driven off. No plans, no map, no destination other than “away”. She asked him to stop…

October 18, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #59

written by Leslie

There was so much in his bag. His wallet. The Mont Blanc pen he’d saved for. The post-it with his cousin’s phone number. Also the cruise brochure and the divorce…

October 17, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #58

written by Leslie

Everyone laughed. They said it was just a game and one for nerds especially. She’ll have the last laugh, though. Returning as Scrabble Queen with the $500,000 check will show…

October 16, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #57

written by Leslie

The stage had been set. Literally. She’d simultaneously dreamed of and feared this moment for a week that felt like a lifetime. Would they like her? Would she stumble over…

October 15, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #56

written by Leslie

Somewhere far off in the distance the buffalo roamed. There’d been deer and elk and prairie dogs more abundant than ants. The clouds hung low, nearing clipping the tops of…

October 14, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #55

written by Leslie

It seemed so silly now—splitting the wood and stacking it in this heat. Sweat poured off his face and streamed down his back. His grip on the splitting wedge kept…

October 6, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story Intermission

written by Leslie

Thank you to everyone who has visited my blog and ‘liked’ my photo stories. It is truly appreciated. There will be a one-week intermission in the daily photo stories. They…

September 28, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #54

written by Leslie

They dug a hole and put you six feet underground. All those years I never said what I really should have said. The regret fills every empty space you left.…

September 26, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #53

written by Leslie

Hey you. Yeah, that’s right…I’m talking to you. What are you looking at? Huh? Never seen a squirrel with a nut? What? What was that? You say something? No I…

September 25, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #52

written by Leslie

The emails came at all hours. And then there were the constant texts and phone calls, and why hadn’t he checked his Facebook? It was too much. So one day…

September 24, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #51

written by Leslie

I stumbled, eventually falling forward. They were quickly approaching behind me, but I could not push myself up. My slow, final breaths blew into the blades of green grass tickling…

September 23, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #50

written by Leslie

He’d stolen the fruit. The lemon tree in his backyard, with its few bruised blossoms, could hardly make him the money his family needed. He knew the oranges would go…

September 22, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #49

written by Leslie

He was late. It’d been five years, but they’d had a perfect plan. Her hands fumbled with the box left at her table. One by one she plucked them from…

September 21, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #48

written by Leslie

Grandpa taught me so many lessons. But the one I remember most is that a grapefruit a day would keep the doctor away. Now Grandpa’s gone. And all I have…

September 20, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #47

written by Leslie

Going to work, exercising, cleaning the house, running errands, making meals, and leaving time for family and friends. It leaves no DVR time. Yes, I think I’ll have to quit…

September 19, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #46

written by Leslie

He’d always lived on the farm. Others spent their teenage years talking of getting out, but he’d always wanted to stay. He loved the hard work and wide open spaces…

September 18, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #45

written by Leslie

We’d just finished swimming. It’d been searing hot. Thunderclouds boiled up in the distance, but there it was, a spotlight behind the clouds. A proclamation about to be announced. I…

September 17, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #44

written by Leslie

First Half. First 10-K. First marathon. A strained Achilles. Getting passed by a grandma. New PR. Best race ever. Miserable run. The one I ran by myself. Separately they all…

September 16, 2014 0 comment

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Photo Story #43

written by Leslie

This little girl had dreams. Necklaces, bracelets, and fancy sunglasses made her feel special and grown-up. She fantasized about the glamour of being an adult and of dressing up for…

September 15, 2014 0 comment

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