To be faire, I think we're all idiots!
Peter feels as though this trip to the palace by himself might be a defining moment in his later life. He arrived at being the person he is when he was approximately thirty seven years old, a year after meeting his second wife, and has remained steadfastly that way ever since, with little disrupting his mild…
What is Love?by Emma K. Age 6 Love is when you’re missing some of your teethbut you’re not afraid to smilebecause you know your friends will still love you even though some of you is missing. Never forget, there are some things that we understood better when we were younger.
Now when I see my own arm, the tattoo that on my eighteenth birthday marked my freedom, I think only of the tattoo that marked her servitude. Through this ink, I feel the connectivity of flesh. From the short story Vision by Tiffany Briere (published in Tin House Magazine Vol. 15 No. 3.) Sunday Sentence: The sentence(s) that…
Forget for a moment how overwhelmingly adorable these two are together, if you can, and consider the “real” history of the photograph. This little girl is encountering a penguin for the very first time. Now forget what you know and tell me what it inspires. Write 1000 words, publish it on your site and drop…
Life magazine has always been known for it iconic photographs. This one is no exception. Does it speak to you? What story does it inspire? Write 1000 words, publish it on your site and drop a link to it in a comment below. 6 yo girl with brother, Italy 1947 – Life Magazineby Alfred Eisenstaedt
This photograph is so flexible that I read into it exactly what I am feeling at the moment. What does it inspire in you today? Write 1000 words, publish it on your site and drop a link to it in a comment below. “Sunlight” Photo circa 1905, location Alma, Michigan, Sun parlour of the Alma Sanitarium
Raymond in those days spoke French and English, too, with a crack in each. His English belonged to a subdivision of Catholic Montreal – a bit Irish sounding but thinner than any tone you might hear in Dublin. His French vocabulary was drawn from conversations with his mother and aunt, and should have been full…
Could there be two more iconic figures from this period? Can you imagine what brought them to this moment? Or do you see someone else in this photograph? Write 1000 words, publish it on your site and drop a link to it in a comment below. 1923 Henry Food (cowboy) with Thomas Edison
There is so much going on. Where does one begin? Where would you begin? Write 1000 words, publish it on your site and drop a link to it in a comment below. Paris Exposition, 1900
Monsieur Ibrahim avait toujours été vieux. Unanimement, de mémoire de rue Bleue et de rue du Faubourg-Possonnière, on avait toujours vu monsieur Ibrahim dans son épicerie, de huit heures du matin au milieu de la nuit, arc-bouté entre sa caisse et les produits d’entretien, une jambe dans l’allée, l’autre sous les boîtes d’allumettes, une blouse…