Margaret Keefe

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2021

Stories (3)

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“You gotta learn the ropes” by Margaret Keefe

Submitted to Contest #85

I remember the first time I drove in, the city lights seemed to sparkle against the night sky. The excitement, the possibilities, I actually felt butterflies in my stomach like I did in middle school when Lenny Mason smiled at me. Lenny was the only reason I would ever consider sticking around Shelton. It didn't work out with Lenny, he was content staying put and would never leave this sad little town. The city pulled at me, it tugged at my soul. I could feel the energy and wanted to be part of it all. I had wasted the past 27 years ...

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“Bennie outsmarts the squirrel” by Margaret Keefe

Submitted to Contest #84

And yet another grey day. Sure would be nice to see some blue sky and maybe even some shadows. This is winter in Vermont, long, cold, and grey. A black and white world that can dampen the spirit even in the best of times. It was not the best of times. Bennie complained of his lack of energy and aching joints constantly."You need to get up and move more, Martha told him, things stiffen up if you don’t move about," Martha repeated these words each day for the past several months but it was as if he didn’t hear her anymore. The truth ...

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“How did you meet again?” by Margaret Keefe

Submitted to Contest #83

Mary Lou hadn’t been out of Vermont in 10 years since she moved there in retirement. It seemed like the kind of place an aging hippy would fit in, plenty of organic this and that and she even joined a drum circle. However, she had no idea how long the winters would be. She felt like she was living in a snow globe with daily snow showers and frigid temperatures, and her without all-wheel drive. Cabin fever set in sometime in early February. Thank God her small town just got high-speed internet and Mary Lou discovered the magic o...

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Author bio

About the Author A retired software engineer trying to exercise the other side of her brain to ward off cognitive decline. A pandemic poet with too much time on her hands and a bad case of isolation blues. A senior spending the long, long frigid winter in the frozen north east kingdom of Vermont. An aspiring Rap singer attempting to make Rap music passe. A soon to be grandma trying to impress her grandchild before he/she is even born. A budget conscious senior citizen on a fixed income looking for inexpensive, meaningful gifts that are easy to wrap. The recent recipient of an artificial hip and although her orthopedic surgeon claims her arthritis is due to old age, she believes it was caused by overzealous gyrations on the Zumba floor. All of the above or maybe most of the above but definitely some of the above.