by Jebb | Apr 21, 2020 | Creative Writing, Photo Blog, Using My Words
Last night I baked off some cookies. We ate them together at the table. Harbour wanted me to save one for him to have today. He was very concerned about it; asking to be sure I’d saved it. I pulled some parchment out of the drawer and made a quick-and-dirty...
by Jebb | Nov 12, 2018 | Creative Writing, Using My Words
You were not meant to do that job.Bear that fruit. Carry that weight. You are remembered.Lovingly. Longingly. Your fingers reaching skyward.Wicking light. Exhaling life. Your limbs, earthward.Resigned. Relieved. You were failed.You were felled. The weight was not...
by Jebb | Jul 23, 2017 | Creative Writing, Using My Words
The carport oven. The car a hot butterknife. The air...
by Jebb | Jun 13, 2017 | Creative Writing, Using My Words
Then I drove home in the middle of the night. Alone on tar rivers oozing under heavy air. A 35mph speed limit. I was Heinz ketchup before squeeze bottles. I was a go kart with a governed throttle. Time itself signaled and passed; in a double yellow section, of course....
by Jebb | Sep 23, 2016 | Creative Writing, Using My Words
Here I am crushing it, hustling, pivoting, being positive, branding, defining, transitioning, parenting, riding the seasons, bearing the seasons, being authentic, hiding, cowering, buzz-wording. Looking for light. Looking for truth. Taking...
by Jebb | Oct 12, 2004 | Creative Writing, Using My Words
We wore suits. We wore neck ties. We rolled up our hard small-town skin. We wore our hearts as tie tacks. We took off from our low, medium, and high salaried jobs. We skipped our master’s degree exams. We championed young professionals. We walked in a garden of...
