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The Shape of Us: 14 The Stranger

October 13, 2020 Betty R. Black

This is the last episode in, what should we call it? Volume One? Series One? I’m not quite sure. What I do know is that

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The Shape of Us: 13 Home

October 9, 2020 Betty R. Black

“Trey leaned away from the rearview, hoping to hide the smirk on his face. To look at them, they seemed like a mismatched pair, like some romance trope.”

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The Shape of Us: 12 Bluebells

October 6, 2020 Betty R. Black

She missed the smell of bluebells the most. The small planters Mrs. Hopkins arranged for her did wonders for the ambiance of the room, but

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The Shape of Us: 11 Dog Biscuit

October 4, 2020 Betty R. Black

The Great Dane nuzzled her arm and started to walk away. She looked down at the still sleeping boy and watched his little legs twitching. She thought of a puppy running in his sleep.

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The Shape of Us: 10 Castle Call

September 29, 2020 Betty R. Black

“Ah, you’re the doctor.” He smiled and the whiteness of his teeth seemed impossible. “It’s so weird that you come to the house,” he continued, gathering up his plates. “I guess you make house calls if they’re castle calls, right?”

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The Shape of Us: 09 Reunion

September 25, 2020 Betty R. Black

In the few short months Daisy had worked at Dunfeur Castle she noticed the quirks of nobility, the strangeness of a centuries-old castle, the barks of a few too many dogs wandering the grounds.

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The Shape of Us: 08 Baggage Claim

September 22, 2020 Betty R. Black

After a six-week hiatus, Baron and Sykes are finally back and have landed safely in Scotland. This is the 8th of 14 episodes of the first “season” of The Shape of Us.

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The Shape of Us: 07 Golden Sun

August 4, 2020 Betty R. Black

“I thought you were a pretty silver dog,” she said. “Is there another dog here?”

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The Shape of Us: 06 Quack

July 31, 2020 Betty R. Black

Abernathy Primrose stood at the large marble sink scrubbing strawberry jelly off an antique vase. This wasn’t the natural home for preserves, he noted, but after the row that caused the sweet concoction to be hurled across a kitchen, he was pleased that the majority of it hit a smooth surface.

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The Shape of Us: 05 Family Business

July 28, 2020 Betty R. Black

Richard was experiencing déjà vu. He wiped the sweat off his temple with the back of his hand and opened the gate. An old man

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The Shape of Us: 04 Fireflies

July 26, 2020 Betty R. Black

His cousin Angela said catching fireflies was stupid and cruel and no one would want to live in a jar anyway. Taylor decided it was

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The Shape of Us: 03 Field Work

July 24, 2020 Betty R. Black

For the last three days Jimmy’s stupid F-150 refused to start. He’d bought it off an old man down the road last spring and after

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Did I say “next”…

July 27, 2018 Betty R. Black

Ah, the promises we make to ourselves are those we break the most. Why do we put up with ourselves, I wonder.

Let’s pretend…

July 22, 2018 Betty R. Black

The human construct of time marches forward on heels of iron and regret and we are merely dead leaves blowing along in its wake.

Short, Sweet, Word Count Meet

June 14, 2017 Betty R. Black

Completely sidetracked this morning because of breaking news. Understandable. Yet I was determined to get something in, something down. I knew I had a dream-sequence

The Longhand Method

June 13, 2017 Betty R. Black

Not a method, per se, but an alternative to not being able to be in your prime writing spot. While yesterday, sitting securely in my

Tomatoes and Time

June 12, 2017 Betty R. Black

A one-day, one-woman sample size that endorses a popular productivity technique…so far.

I Know Me So Well

June 11, 2017 Betty R. Black

In which I remember that failing is part of winning, if not a prerequisite.

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