Three Bars in a Single’s Joint, Still No Reception

By Wayne | February 27, 2013 |

FADE IN: INT, INTOWN RESTAURANT, NOON PHYLLIS, a thirty-something single, sits with her best friend JANEEN eating and dishing. PHYLLIS So I order a martini last night and spot this guy on the other side of the bar… JANEEN waves for the waiter, who passes them by, and PHYLLIS looks at his behind, grins and…

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Baby Present

By Wayne | January 31, 2013 |

So here I am…a man who never had younger siblings, a man without a child, a man who’s never changed a diaper and gets paranoid around babies…and I’m having lunch with a dear friend and meeting her five-month old son.  I said the standard things — “he’s so cute,” “what a good baby,” “are you…

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Creative Camaraderie

By Wayne | October 3, 2012 |

After a two month absence, the fourth member of the Creative Writers Workshop returned, completing the community.  This reunion, a special occasion, had sentiment, tradition and joy. After checking in on creative issues, writing was reviewed.  One shared a piece developed over the last meetings, fiction prepared to satisfy an invitation for a journal launching…

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