I’d like to just start with saying how completely impressed I was with Amanda Gorman, this nation’s first ever youth poet laureate and the poem she read at the inauguration on Wednesday. Wow! Goosebumps. I was one the people that rushed to Amazon and pre-ordered her book and made it… Read More »Loess Hills Road Trip
I didn’t get a short story done last week. So hopefully I will get two done this week or the next or the week after. Parrot A short story By Christopher D. Bennett (This story is autobiographical, but exaggerated for feeling, rather than being 100% factual. Or look at it… Read More »Parrot
Two Types of People A short story By Christopher D. Bennett He wasn’t the type of person that was nervous about missing his flight, so he would get to the airport 45 minutes before his plane’s scheduled departure. He had a checklist in his mind of all the things… Read More »2 Types of People
My friend Anders recently did a project where he wrote one short story a week. The point isn’t that you will write 52 great short stories, but it is really hard to write 52 bad short stories. Any way, I should I would try the project myself. Hopefully I’m not… Read More »Surprise Ahead! Reboot
SURPRISE AHEAD A short story By Christopher D. Bennett Age 10 Write what the pictures tell. Pictures are of a family in a station wagon driving down a road and the luggage that has been strapped to the top of the car has fallen off. At a small town, in… Read More »Superfluff Chronicles No.1 – SURPRISE AHEAD – Age 10
Year 2 started out with a bang! Lots of submissions! First time submitter! Welcome aboard Alicia Vermeys! Here are the submissions for REFLECTIONS: Christopher D. Bennett Alicia Vermeys Dawn Krause Julie Johnson A Julie Johnson B Mike Vest Shannon Bardole Dawn Poetry Submission: Reflections She can’t be too careful anymore,… Read More »RWPE Y2 #1: Reflections
1 word or short phrase answers for the rest of the questions. Your favorite virtue? Humanitas Your favorite qualities in a man? Logic Your favorite qualities in a woman Empathy What you appreciate the most in your friends? Follow through Your main fault? Disinterest in money Your favorite occupation? Mixer… Read More »Proust No. Eight
Becky Perkovich correctly gave 1 of the 4 possible correct answers to the Christopher D. Bennett Trivia Question: Q: What is Christopher D. Bennett’s favorite movie? A: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Proust Quote “Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.” Confessions Question Your idea of… Read More »Proust No. Seven
Dawn Krause correctly answered the Christopher D. Bennett Trivia Question: Q: Christopher D. Bennett bowls on Monday nights. What is the name of his bowling team? A: Patio Pros. Proust Quote “Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them.” Confessions Question For what fault… Read More »Proust No. Six
Jason Baier correctly answered the Christopher D. Bennett Trivia Question: Q: What brand of camera does Christopher D. Bennett A: Sony. I also would have accepted Minolta with a lengthy explanation of how Sony bought out Minolta. If anybody would have listed Sony, Minolta and Holga, well there wouldn’t be… Read More »Proust No. Five
Jesse Howard correctly answered the Christopher D. Bennett Trivia Question: Q: Currently, what is Christopher D. Bennett’s favorite band? A: The Swell Season. Proust Quote “If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.” Confessions… Read More »Proust No. Four
Angie DeWaard correctly answered the Christopher D. Bennett Trivia Question: Q: What is the 1 thing Christopher D. Bennett always buys when he goes to an Iowa State game? A: A program. Proust Quote “Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself about… Read More »Proust No. Three
Jesse Howard correctly answered the Christopher D. Bennett Trivia Question: Q: Whenever Christopher D. Bennett goes to a buffet, what does he get to eat with his ice cream? A: Green Olives As a reward for Jesse’s knowledge of my culinary tendencies, he got to choose the next question I… Read More »Proust No. Two
In case you don’t remember, the answers to these questions only reflect my experiences in the year 2010. Proust Quote: “Love is a reciprocal torture.” Confessions Question: Your favourite colour and flower: Confidences Question: My favourite colour. and The flower that I like. Proust’s Answers: The beauty is not in… Read More »Proust No. One
Here are a few broad announcements. 1. Love my photography? Ever wonder what it would like if you were in it? Here is your chance! I’m doing portrait photography as a fundraiser for the youth group at my church tomorrow night. So come down to the First United Methodist Church… Read More »General Housekeeping Information
The theme of SPIRITUAL didn’t ring the bell of many people this week. It reminds me of one of my favorite Daniel Tosh jokes. “When people tell me, ‘I’m not religious, but I’m spiritual’, I tell them ‘I’m not honest but you’re interesting.’” Here are the submissions for SPIRITUAL: Dawn… Read More »RWPE #46 – Spiritual
Not so many submissions this week for last week’s theme SMOKE PHOTOGRAPHY. I guess not as many people love fire as I thought loved fire. Mike Vest Dawn Krause Christopher D. Bennett Dawn’s Poetry Submission: Smoke It’s all just smoke and mirrors The way you disguise your fears What you… Read More »RWE #43 – Smoke Photography
Here is a copy of the journal I kept while I was on vacation last week. It covers parts of 10 days and over 1300 miles. While I doubt anybody reads this whole thing, it was an important exercise for me. There are no pictures, but I will post some… Read More »Vacation Journal
I think that at the aggregate level, this is the best batch of submissions to date. Here are the submissions for SHADOWS: Shannon Bardole Christopher D. Bennett Becky Perkovich Carla Stensland A Carla Stensland B Dawn Krause Michael Vest Julie Johnson Dawn’s Poetry Submission Shadows Something lurks beneath the bright… Read More »RWPE #42 – Shadows
Here are this week’s submissions for DRY: Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest Shannon Bardole Dawn Krause Dawn’s poetry submission: Dry The wind blows through the Sahara of my mind I’m reaching out but now your love’s gone blind It took so long to reach my heart’s turning point Now it… Read More »RWPE #41 – Dry
I’m very excited to have Jason Baier as a first time contributor this week! Here are the submissions for FAST: Dawn Krause Jason Baier Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest Dawn’s Poetry Submission Fast Time seemed slow as the years flew past Now I struggle to make memories last For all… Read More »RWPE #39 – Fast