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A MONSTER UNDER MY BED

21 Monday Nov 2016

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A MONSTER UNDER MY BED

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Sometimes, as I sit in class, surrounded by other kids just like me, I close my eyes…letting my thoughts take me to a better a place.

A place where I can be myself and not pretend to be somebody I’m not. A place free of judgments. I like it here…I feel safe.

Suddenly, I’m startled out of my trance by the bell. My peers hurry out the door.

Slowly I drag myself out of my seat, grabbing my backpack…I think, “It’s just another day as a high school teenager.”

Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
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Copyright November 21, 2016

Excerpt from Manuscript – A Walk to Gallow Hill

16 Wednesday Nov 2016

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A WALK TO GALLOW HILL

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Abigail could not remember a time when she had felt more alone. She tried not to think about it, the betrayal, but it was a reality and it was happening to her. Her life had been perfect. She wondered how her husband was doing?

A single tear slowly slide down her flushed cheek. She hadn’t been feeling well lately, but this was expected. Her face felt flushed as she slowly brushed a strand of her hair from across her face.

The footsteps startled her from her gentle thoughts of a better time. She tried not to remember where she was, but it was hard as she heard the keys rattle in the lock. Quietly, she said a prayer as she felt the stirring inside of her belly.

Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
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THE CITY OF ALL POSSIBILITES

14 Monday Nov 2016

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THE CITY OF ALL POSSIBILITIES

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I fell in love with the city by the bay the first time I visited.
Walking up and down the streets, I felt at home.

The smells, the people, the architecture.
Simply unique.

The word eccentric?
Creativity flowing through the air, is a better description.

Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
Photograph By: Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright November 14, 2016

The Lost Diary of Jane Doe – The Sentimental Sunset

11 Friday Nov 2016

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THE SENTIMENTAL SUNSET

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I fear I will never love again.

Either you love him and he doesn’t love you
or
he loves you and you don’t love him.

Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
Photograph By: Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright November 11, 2016

Untrusting

08 Tuesday Nov 2016

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Untrusting

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push away the boy who cares
it’s what you’re best at.

paranoid thinking
that he’s not gonna stay.

when he really cares
a lot about you.

but you just can’t see
through the bad past with others.

so you decide
you’ll hurt him first.

-jcw

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Excerpt from Manuscript – Snow

02 Wednesday Nov 2016

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Excerpt from Manuscript – Snow

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The wooden bench had turned out to be a bad idea, as the beginning of the first frost escalated the startling cold that was quickly creeping up and under her skin.

January didn’t seem to notice much, as she was lost in thought. She was annoyed with herself…more like in disbelief…how could she not have seen the signs.

She had loved this man for more than half her life, but somehow she had missed it.

Earlier that day she had spoken, on the phone, with an old friend…a friend who had brought it to her attention that Jack had been using throughout their life together. She knew that he smoked weed, but cocaine? Or as her friend had kindly put it, whatever drug was available that day.

She had always blamed the weed for his mood swings, his fits of anger, and his sudden outburst of violence. She herself had become co-dependent, wanting him to smoke so that he would be numb enough to be kind to her.

She had fallen into the vicious cycle of the poor pathetic wife who deserved what she had accepted. She despised women like this, but yet she had become the spitting image of just that.

Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
Photograph By: Ask Ms Mandi
Copyright November 2, 2016

RAINBOW FALLS – MAMMOTH LAKE

26 Wednesday Oct 2016

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RAINBOW FALLS – MAMMOTH LAKE CALIFORNIA

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To live life, is to live in the present.

The past remains in our memories,

The future strives in our dreams,

But the present is our existence.

Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
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Copyright October 26, 2016

Eastern California Mountains

23 Sunday Oct 2016

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Eastern California Mountains

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Horseshoe Meadow in the Eastern Sierra Mountains. Beautiful scenery and only three-hours away from the city.

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Copyright October 2016

The Lost Diary of Jane Doe

19 Wednesday Oct 2016

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The Lost Diary of Jane Doe

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To love someone is to be vulnerable,
vulnerability is raw.

Simplicity of love is to love completely,
but love is one-sided.

Love someone deeply,
but they don’t love you the same.

Or do we simply accept the person who loves us,
therefore, not loving them passionately back by being shielded.

Love is risk,
protecting our heart means not loving back.

Can two people love each other at the same time,
Or is it one-sided.

Complete and passionate love are both hearts uniting into one.
never one broken.

Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
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Copyright October 19, 2016

Excerpt from Manuscript – Snow

12 Wednesday Oct 2016

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Excerpt from Manuscript – SNOW

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Autumn, a time when the leaves changed from green to yellow to orange and then red. The days were warm in the mornings, as the nights escaped into the most certain chill.

This time of year had always been January’s favorite. Moving to San Francisco had been his idea, but now that she had warmed up to it, she too loved the quaint city with all its undying charm.

Standing out on their balcony, with her faux-fur coat wrapped around her body, fighting to keep her warm, but desperately failing, she watched the city lights flicker in the distance. Jack seemed to be spending more and more time away from their home and from her.

She perniciously had too much time on her hands to think. She didn’t like when her mind drifted over to the darker side, but it had been hard not to lately.

She missed him so much that her heart ached. She knew in her heart that she was losing him, but she couldn’t compete with this. She had to let him go, but she didn’t know if she had the courage to do so.

She had always hated that stupid saying, “If you love someone set them free and if they are yours to keep, they will come back to you.”

“Dumb saying.” She thought, despairingly wiping away the tears.

Written By: Ask Ms Mandi
Photograph By: JCW
Copyright: October 12, 2016