My Belly and Me

My Belly and Me

Me: “Listen up Fatty, I really do not like you. I was hoping you’d be flat by now. I mean Jesus, how long have I been running, and chomping on lettuce trying to flatten you out?” Belly: “Hey, I gave your two kids a fine place to grow.” Me: “That was my uterus.” Belly:...
For My Children

For My Children

A Letter of Wisdom-ish Dear Children, In the event I should die, or rather when I die, here are some things I’d like to share with you. Please forgive me if I repeat myself. I know how you detest that. I’ve chalked-up this annoying bit of my personality to my...
Book Signing

Book Signing

AWARD WINNING AUTHOR, LORINDA BOYER WILL BE SIGNING HER BOOK, STRAIGHT ENOUGH!MARCH 11, 10am-12pm DON’T MISS OUT!AWP, March 9-11, 2023, Seattle, WAThe AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and...
A Bike Tale- from 2012

A Bike Tale- from 2012

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...
Esther the Scrabble Queen

Esther the Scrabble Queen

At 99 she was Scrabble QueenBeating the young and the oldAnd everyone in betweenWith tiara perched atop her headShe counted up her pointsThe game she always ledLorinda Boyer “My name is Esther,” her blue eyes focus on me, then past me. Ringlets of white hair...

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