Donna Kennedy

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2022

Stories (3)

3 Stories

63 karma pts

?

“Possibilities ” by Donna Kennedy

Submitted to Contest #154

PossibilitiesAs I’m driving to the bar to meet my friend, I feel almost embarrassed because I am in a mood. Not a great mood, mind you but one that threatens to rain on any parade I go to. I guess it could be a lingering side effect from my last birthday a week ago. I left my forties behind and stumbled reluctantly into my fifties feeling remarkably like I did on that girl’s trip to Cabo some years ago. It was not pretty by any means especially after topping the evening off by recycling all the Cuervo I had consumed into a waterfall of salt,...

0 comments 0
Read story

“Final Sanctuary” by Donna Kennedy

Submitted to Contest #146

Final Sanctuary I began looking for something special, something that I didn’t even understand, when I was a small child. My parents were not happy together, my father drank, and my mother suffered, and I sought refuge from their misery. You could find me in the hall closet, burrowed in the nest of fallen coats, attempting to hide in the solitude of the dark, cramped space. Or in the cellar among the damp smells or one of the trees that lined our property. It remained the same until I left home, me seeking shelter from their misery and fai...

3 comments 3
Read story

“Plastic and Cardboard” by Donna Kennedy

Submitted to Contest #133

Plastic and Cardboard Spending the day trying once again to clean out many years’ worth of accumulation, starting with the closet. It’s like a large Pandora’s Box, packed with the past, some good, some bad. Dozens of containers, shoeboxes, and envelopes crowd the shelves. Yes, this is probably going to be a weekend event instead of one snowy afternoon. Removing several boxes at once seems to be a good approach. I have several large cardboard boxes at the ready to help with sorting. One is marked trash (the largest box and probably the leas...

5 comments 5
Read story

Author bio

Married, retired In addition to writing, I am a pastel artist that mainly paints coastal art. We spent as much time as we can camping in the Outer Banks (OBX) of North Carolina. The OBX offers great inspiration for artwork and writing.