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Sherry Bazley

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2023

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Before and After Monday

Submitted to Contest #290

You haven't replied to my thank-you text. I think I should be comfortable with silence by now, but silence from beloveds is still an emotional obstacle course for me. My therapist says this is old trauma. Like my Daddy used to say, "Save your war stories. Everybody's got 'em."It's difficult at best and impossible at worst, to recapture or relive the enjoyment I had at our coffee date on Monday. But it seems to me lately, usually at about 3:30 in the quiet morning hours, and particularly in winter when the old house never seems to overco...

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Those Were the Daze

Submitted to Contest #205

Possible triggers: military, religion, swearingOf Cats and Mackerel-SnappersWell, it’s Friday. It’s Lent. We eat fish for dinner on Fridays during Lent. And right now, it’s dinnertime.We are sitting at the table. As per usual, I am sitting on Dad’s right, the Place of Honor. “What’s for dinner, Dee?” says Dad, sniffing the air.“Fish, honey,” says Mom.“Uh. Great,” says Dad, sounding disappointed. Fish is definitely not Dad’s favorite. “Pass your plate, Cher,” says Dad. I pass him my plate. He ...

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Stranger Truth than Fiction

Possible trigger: mention of incarcerationThat spring. It was mid-May, as I recall, and I was three years out from a romantic breakup that had shattered my personal world along with my psyche. It was a lovely day that spring day, and I was returning my shopping cart to the carousel at Aldi’s grocery where you push a quarter into a lineup of oversized steel carts to retrieve one, and return the cart to retrieve your quarter after the shopping is done. That day in spring, I believed I was recovered from the breakup, and I wanted...

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All stories and bio copyright 2023
Sherry Bazley

Currently reading:
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" (science) and "The Soul of an Octopus" by Sy Montgomery (animal sentience)

New to Reedsy, old to books, stories, words, images and image-ination.

Favorites:
E. Annie Proulx, Abraham Verghese. Andre Brink, The Bhagavad Gita, Ralph Steadman, Rumi, Stephen Mitchell, Barbara Kingsolver, Peter Singer, Dickens, John of the Cross, Tolstoy, Muktananda, Flannery O'Conner, Nicola Tesla, Osho, Richard Russo, Buckminster Fuller, Vincent Van Gogh, Martha Grimes, Gregoire Delacourt, Mary Edwards Wertsch, Gustav Klimt, Mary Oliver, Dylan Thomas, ee cummings, Van Morrison, Joseph Campbell, John Prine, Christopher Walken, Sean Penn, Anam Cara, Keith Richards, John Fahey, The River (journalism on a virus), Chris Smithers, Coco Chanel's style, Yoga, checkers, Scrabble, poker, natural fibers, running creeks, long walks, flowering plants, honey bees, felines, scent of rain, baked goodies, fresh bread, food made by loving hands, flight, crescent moons and icy water on a hot day.