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Update 3 - Moving Boxes and Fresh Starts The writer looks at the box in her

The writer looks at the box in her hand, three and a half years over, just like that. And all of it fit in a box? One less key hangs on her key rack. They can't afford to pay...

Update 2 - Rewrites and Reframing Click Clack Tip Tap Click Clack Tip

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"Why are you slowing down? You were just getting to the good part!" Beth protests.

The writer...

Update 1 - From Puddles to Projects Grey clouds roll away from the meadow,

Grey clouds roll away from the meadow, and the lush green ground fills with puddles. The writer stands in the center of it all. She closes her umbrella and breathes in the fresh...

Umbrella Stories Archives

June 19, 2026

Kathy sat in her old rocker watching her grandchildren play with building blocks. She loved it when they came to visit for the afternoon.

Soon her...

June 19, 2026

He swore to himself he wouldn't give in but his friends wouldn't let it go. "Fine! I'll go ask her, but you all owe me a drink when she says no...

June 19, 2026

I was built in 1946 near the end of the year, as many soldiers returned from the war. My bright, new, red bricks, the freshly-painted walls and...

June 18, 2026

They came back every year to this same spot. This little coffee shop on a corner of Main Street, in the small coastal town where their families...

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