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manuwrites
Mar 22, 20222 min read
Fog in a Jar
Photo by Ruvim There is a bar in Italy called the Kyrie Eleison (“Lord, Have Mercy”). Unique to it, as anticipated by the name, is an...
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manuwrites
Mar 18, 20221 min read
Merciful Mary
Winds of change Please do carry the voice of truth far and wide Across battlefields And burning skies Over charred remains Mothers’ empty...
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manuwrites
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Time
Time is a peculiar thing. It exists as a specific amount (24 hours, 10 minutes, 2 seconds) and yet, our perception of time rarely...
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manuwrites
Mar 11, 20222 min read
A Sun Kissed Death
They buried him under a blazing midday sun. Earlier that morning, with birds twittering and summer breezes blowing, it was downright mean...
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manuwrites
Mar 8, 20222 min read
The courtyard
Back then, during the cold winter evenings, the five women would gather in Ida’s barn to keep warm. They looked forward to this time of...
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manuwrites
Mar 4, 20221 min read
Fences – “You gotta take the crooked with the straight”
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are beyond belief in this powerfully touching movie (based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play by August...
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manuwrites
Mar 1, 20222 min read
Sharing books
My sister first introduced me to Anne Perry and her historical (Victorian era) detective fiction. Her two most popular series are The...
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manuwrites
Feb 25, 20222 min read
The Big Sleep
He is abandoned asleep on the sofa. His breathing is light and even. How peaceful he looks, childlike and vulnerable, cocooned in his...
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manuwrites
Feb 22, 20221 min read
Sharing books
They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera For those of you that read the last page of a book and then begin the actual story…this time the...
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manuwrites
Feb 18, 20222 min read
A Bad Habit
She was very attractive, but her nails were bitten to the quick. This meant that her hands were usually balled into fists on her lap or...
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