Category Archives: writing

One decision of many

Posted on November 16, 2019 by pinklightsabre

Our lives become a summary of our decisions: the actions we take (or don’t take) that make us who we are. Continue reading →

Posted in writing, parenting, Memoir | Tagged Starbucks, stream-of-consciousness, 9-11, creative nonfiction, William Pearse writer | 17 Comments

All of us

Posted on November 9, 2019 by pinklightsabre

How many selves do we get? Continue reading →

Posted in identity, Memoir, writing | Tagged humor, identity, Memoir, pacific northwest, Raymond Carver | 10 Comments

Poem to celebrate an open PO

Posted on November 8, 2019 by pinklightsabre

On the last day before I went back to work I lay on the sofa with my shirt off and the morning sun coming in, playing a record, burning incense, reading poetry. All I had left was to clean the … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry, writing | Tagged humor, poem, poetry, William Pearse writer | 14 Comments

Wit’s End, Washington

Posted on November 7, 2019 by pinklightsabre

In the mornings it’s so dark I just lay in the den watching constellations and listening to the clocks tick, thinking any day now I’ll start work. I read about portmanteau words like brunch, Brexit, and Microsoft. The word psionics, … Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir, prose, writing | Tagged death, humor, Memoir, pacific northwest, William Pearse writer | 13 Comments

The origin of the word ‘souvenir’

Posted on November 5, 2019 by pinklightsabre

I removed all evidence of Halloween except for the jolly jack o’ lantern with the little electric light. It had no amount of malice, like a kid’s happy face before they’ve learned how to sneer. I left the large plastic … Continue reading →

Posted in writing | Tagged creative nonfiction, Memoir, pacific northwest, parenting, writing | 18 Comments

Your Mom’s Ashes

Posted on October 31, 2019 by pinklightsabre

Lily and her friends have formed a band called Your Mom’s Ashes, but spell it in a way that bastardizes the your and ignores the possessive for the mom’s. The four of them circle our property looking creatively blocked, needing … Continue reading →

Posted in death, writing | Tagged creative nonfiction, death, Halloween, humor, Memoir, mid-life crisis, mindfulness, pacific northwest, parenting, William Pearse writer | 11 Comments

Lucky man

Posted on October 23, 2019 by pinklightsabre

Another dream where I’m outside the building where I used to work but my badge won’t let me in because I’ve been fired. I took my mom to one of my favorite restaurants but began choking on an olive pit … Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir, writing | Tagged black klansman, fentanyl deaths, Memoir, pacific northwest, prose, stream-of-consciousness, William Pearse writer | 23 Comments