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Author: Cedar Sanderson
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At the Age of 40
The other day was a special anniversary for me. It’s the day I took the last exam of my Bachelor’s of Science program. A few days later, I walked across a stage and was handed an empty (if impressive) folder. A few weeks after that, the most expensive piece of paper I’ve ever owned showed…
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Odd Prompts: Belladonna
A piece of flash fiction, or a vignette, as you please. *** The mirror reflected her own face, and the dark room behind here. She’d drawn all the drapes herself, long before she’d fallen into bed… somewhere in the early hours of the morning. Now, it would be broad daylight outside, yet it was dark…
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Odd Prompts: Missing Lynx Snip
You’ll find the beginning here. The characters were introduced in The Case of the Perambulating Hatrack. *** After a long silence, I focused on her again. She’d been sitting apparently motionlessly while I thought. “How is it that you think I’m willing to commit common burglary?” I put my hands on the desk, quietly. They…
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Too Many Mugs
Me: I need something to hold hairsticks. One at my desk, one at my nightstand, one at the vanity: anywhere I take the ‘sticks out and put them down (and inevitably lose them for at least a while). Him: Use a coffee mug. Me… I was thinking a bud vase, but ok. I have a…
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Restaurant Review: Bayou Market
This is a place near where we’ve been living. And I have wanted to go for some time, but the Little Man has been uninterested at best… he’s all about Asian cuisines. Lousiana? Not too much. The First Reader and I made time for a date today, and he’s amenable to where I want to…
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DDE
I’d heard about Texas. So many stories. But there was one story that intrigued me, foodie that I am. The tale of the illicit dealings in tamales. I figured it would take a while, making some connections, getting to know the right people, before I, too, could make that covert exchange with an abuelita in…
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Odd Prompts: Leggy Blonde
This week’s prompt sees the Hatrack ambling casually back into my life… *** When the leggy blonde walked into my office, I looked up with appreciation. Started counting legs. Quit after six, because I changed my mind about them. No blonde should have that many legs. She got all the way through the door, then…
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Fantastic Middle Schools
Would you look at that! I’d almost forgotten about this one, and due to unforeseen circumstances it’s release had been delayed. So? I’ve now had a story come out once a week for the last three weeks. I… don’t think I can make it four in a row! I had great fun writing my tale…
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Cranberry Salsa
This recipe is a variant on a family recipe for lingonberries, which Alaskans call cranberries because, well, they look and taste like them. Close relatives, so it’s not surprising. I still miss picking them, as a child, their little crisp leaves… Sigh. Homesick sometimes. This is not a cooked recipe, but it is best if…
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Book Sale!
Pixie Noir is on sale! You can get it for $0.99 through Nov. 30th. If you haven’t already read my best-selling novel yet, now is the time! If you have already read it, well, Christmas is coming! Ebooks make fine gifts that take up no space and require no shipping. For you, though, there are…
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Food Coma
But wait, you say, it’s not the big day yet! No. No it is not. However, at work we had a Thanksgiving potluck, which was first of all: awesome. There was laughter, way too much very good food from at least three cultures, and plenty of Spanglish to make the conversation extra joyful. Secondly, ow.…
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Odd Prompts: Return to Wonderland
Trying to come up with some inspiration for this week’s prompt response, I revived a novella I started writing last year. Wonderland is probably the most piecemeal story I’ve ever written, and I say that as the author of The Case of the Perambulating Hatrack. *** Shelby got a little fuzzy, about then. Later she…