Flash Non-Fiction

2 MIN“Sometimes I wonder if I would be standing alone on the Day of Judgment.” My grandmother had written these words in her diary, on a page among many. A single sentence that managed to bleed…

2 MINLaura and I first met in ballet class when we were eight. She was small with sturdy, little legs and a mass of thick, curly hair, the colour of dark honey.  She wasn’t the most…

2 MINWhen I was thirtyish, single, and unemployed, I took a class in color selection at Marin College. I had job interviews and aimed to spiff up my appearance. We perched in rows in the Home…

< 1  My father called before dawn. I need you he said. Ice had built up on the roads that night, a true New England Nor’easter but I drove the four slippery hours in three then stayed on because, well, need.

2 MINDriving door to door selling encyclopedias before they were online made me hungry in many ways.  Craving money and stability I ate my way through the day.  I always had food on the passenger seat so I…

2 MINI saw her standing in front of Angelina’s, the cozy Italian restaurant, as I drove by. My heart raced. You haven’t been on a date in forty years, and that was with a boy, but you…