by Ward | Nov 7, 2024 | Prose, Writing
Little Hen was scratching in the front yard when she found an empty paper bag lying open. She stuck her head inside. The shining sun made it all brown orange light that dappled as clouds passed overhead. It was very warm and inviting. Little Hen managed to work her...
by Ward | Nov 7, 2024 | Prose, Writing
An old lady would go to the park each day to let her dog run. Her dog was a poodle named Fifi. Fifi loved to run and bound. Her bounding was especially energetic. She seemed to test how high she could leap. If you saw her bounding, you’d say, “She looks like she’s...
by Ward | Nov 4, 2024 | Essays, Writing
Erasers Erasers are quite wonderful and also scary when you think about their purpose, which is to remove something as if it was never there. Another formulation: we use the eraser to return the paper to its original state of blankness. Does the eraser precede and...
by Ward | Oct 18, 2024 | Essays, Writing
A central question in both philosophy and the study of human history is the rise of consciousness — how does it happen, when does it happen, is it a discrete event, or a result of accretion over a long period of time. BTW, I do like the idea of accretion of...
by Ward | Oct 1, 2024 | Poetry, Writing
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