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Monthly Archives: February 2020

Your Name is Nightingale

You find ghosts in the oddest of places. Mine haunted a news page.

Posted byMarushkaFebruary 29, 2020March 10, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:bird, dove, healing, middle east, New York Times, news, nightingale, peace, Poetry, strength, violence, war, weakness, wisdom6 Comments on Your Name is Nightingale

A Case of Arsenic

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger…so they say.

Posted byMarushkaFebruary 27, 2020February 27, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:arsenic, chemistry, creative, creative writing, element, fiction, periodic table, science, ThrowbackThursday, writingLeave a comment on A Case of Arsenic

Houseguests & Other Fish

What’s a host to do when Frustration stays too long?

Posted byMarushkaFebruary 26, 2020February 26, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:Agatha Christie, Benjamin Franklin, depression, Erma Bombeck, Exorcist, frustration, guests, inspiration, life, mental health, positive2 Comments on Houseguests & Other Fish

Where Am I?

Massachusetts springtime, Indiana summer – where am I again?

Posted byMarushkaFebruary 25, 2020March 10, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:fish, Indiana, koi, Massachusetts, memory, perception, PoetryLeave a comment on Where Am I?

Look Up (Parasite)

I’ve seen trees before. I grew up around trees and even had what I would call good relationships with many of them. Call it the famed Midwestern friendliness.

Posted byMarushkaFebruary 24, 2020March 10, 2020Posted inPoetry, UncategorizedTags:ecology, ecosystem, humor, life, mistletoe, parasite, perfection, perfectionism, Poetry, Texas, tree2 Comments on Look Up (Parasite)

Character Building

I didn’t give you a story and I didn’t make you up.

Posted byMarushkaFebruary 23, 2020March 10, 2020Posted inPoetry, UncategorizedTags:character, character building, creating, creativity, fiction, Poetry, writingLeave a comment on Character Building

Anti-Gravity Sequel (Spoiler, It’s Trash)

Produce as much trash as you possibly can, each and every day, no excuses and no breaks.

Posted byMarushkaFebruary 21, 2020March 24, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:art, El Topo, inspiration, Jodorowsky, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, speculative fiction, trash, writing2 Comments on Anti-Gravity Sequel (Spoiler, It’s Trash)

Did I Miss Brave New World’s Anti-Gravity Boots?

Psychologists vs. Science Fiction: who will win? The battle of the century, folks.

Posted byMarushkaFebruary 20, 2020March 24, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:Aldous Huxley, article, Begum Rokeya, critique, Gavin Miller, George Orwell, H.G. Wells, Ian McEwan, Jules Verne, literature, Mary Shelley, psychology, Sci Fi, Science Fiction1 Comment on Did I Miss Brave New World’s Anti-Gravity Boots?

Let The Cat In

Just try to ignore it. I dare you.

Posted byMarushkaFebruary 19, 2020February 18, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:cat, cats, writing5 Comments on Let The Cat In

Frankenstein Writing

A (mostly) true tale based on a conversation at work.

Posted byMarushkaFebruary 18, 2020February 18, 2020Posted inDon't AskTags:chicken, cooking, dark, editing, Frankenstein, horror, humor, writing1 Comment on Frankenstein Writing

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