Here is another short story with the “New Year” theme. I am going to add literary quotes to each post from now on, because I thought that would be a nice thing to add. The Book Deals are for books that are less than 10 dollars. Expect some works from other writers in the coming […]

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The word that you have to include in this prompt is “tea” Tea is the less aggressive friendlier brother of Coffee. It doesn’t mind picking you up when you need a ride, or covering for you when you have no money. Tea has a sophistication his brother Coffee will never have. Even though everyone loves […]

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The word that you have to include in this prompt is “FOUND.” Technical Definition – (given by dictionary.com) simple past tense and past participle of find something that is provided or furnished without charge, especially meals given a domestic: The thing you’d rather be than lost. When you are found, you are okay. You feel […]

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I thought it would be nice to have an end of year list of stuff that this blog wrote. This is the poetry that we wrote this year. I included a few great lines from the piece, and if you want to read it you can click on the link. There will be a few […]

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The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse: A Meditation On Kindness – Book Review Last week, I opened up three big boxes filled with 370 children’s and young adult books that Barnes & Noble and its customers donated to the Children’s Literacy Foundation, where I work. On top of the stack was an […]

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A Woman Without A Name – Best Ever This elusive woman slips in-between time and space in Gilead, the new world. Her mother is an activist, a woman’s healthcare practitioner who performs underground abortions. Her husband has to sign the Rx for her birth control pills before she can pick them up from the pharmacy. […]

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Ah, books. We read them a lot here at Pens and Words. Sometimes we read them on the weekends to pass the time. Sometimes we read them before we go to bed after a long day at work. And other times, we read them because we ran out of things to watch on Netflix and […]

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