by Deb Farris | Jul 29, 2024 | Faith, Family, Musings, Writing
I’m happy to share that “Turning Mourning Dancing” won a short story contest in @KaleidoScript Magazine: “After twenty-one years and forty moves, which included a career in theatre and dance, a marriage, a son, abuse, a divorce, a new career, a new marriage, and a...
by Deb Farris | Jun 15, 2024 | Musings
How often do you see Someone with tears in their eyes Because they are so Happy to see you? How often do you sit and Share all that life has Given and taken away? “I’m a Quaker now,” She said before she left for The airport. “I wanted You to know that.” “My old...
by Deb Farris | Apr 14, 2024 | Memoir, Musings, Writing
Heads up. If you’re on my email list, you may have seen a rough draft of this story last weekend. I accidentally published it (that’s humbling) then moved it into private so no one else could see it. I’m trying again. Because this flower can’t hang out in private! My...
by Deb Farris | Mar 4, 2024 | Faith, Mental Health, Musings, Writing
This morning, I woke up realizing I had dreamt an entire story in the night and also gone so far as to have written it down. “Or I was trying to get it written,” I said to Todd after we woke up. “I was editing, I had a deadline, and the characters weren’t behaving....
by Deb Farris | Feb 28, 2024 | Faith, Musings, Writing
True, it was 73 degrees yesterday. The day ended with lightning. And high winds. A thunderstorm came, followed by hail and rain. We woke up to snow. But yesterday? “It’s a gorgeous day!” Liz said, her face exuding the beauty of a truly spectacular February day in...
