by Lorinda Boyer | Oct 11, 2022 | Memories
2009 I first met my new bike in 2009. I was driving by a local bike store when her silver paint glitzing in the sun, caught my eye. I pulled in to have a closer look. It wasn’t that I didn’t fully appreciate my blue mountain bike. We’d been through a...
by Lorinda Boyer | Sep 28, 2022 | Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lorinda Boyer / llboyer71@gmail.com / (360) 220-1551 Author Lorinda Boyer receives national recognitionthrough theNYC BIG BOOK AWARD®! Bellingham, Washington — The NYC Big Book Award recognized Straight Enough in thecategory of...
by Lorinda Boyer | May 16, 2022 | Training is Personal-book in progress, Uncategorized
Sue “I hate to workout. I hate gyms. I don’t really want to be here. But here,” she thrusts an open palm stacked with bills in my face, “Now I have to come.” Tears glisten her eyes. I gently lower her hand, guide her to the couch in the gyms make-shift lounge. “Sue,...
by Lorinda Boyer | May 9, 2022 | Training is Personal-book in progress, Uncategorized
Doc The wind hisses as Doc pushes open the heavy glass doors. He hurries inside, head down, a skull cap drawn snug over his ears. I pull my fleece jacket tighter, turn my face away from the frigid blast of air. Joe, the kid working the register, smiles brightly ready...
by Lorinda Boyer | Apr 26, 2022 | Short Fiction
A short piece of fiction from 2018 Mom and I saved her brother from the camping trailer he was dying in. He was too weak to get out of bed, too weak to use a bathroom or feed himself. The trailer buzzed with flies and smelled of human waste. I held my hand over my...