Stop the Movie
Kat Silverglate
Stop the Movie
by Kat Silverglate ©2025 They didn’t want to win a prize. Didn’t expect to be standing on any podiums. Just finishing the mini triathlon without drowning, falling off their bikes or collapsing from the slog up the small bridge were…
Ridiculous Hours
Ridiculous Hours
by Kat Silverglate ©2025 Balloons tied to the mailbox. A cardboard stork in the yard, pink or blue or neutral depending on the response to the “I can’t wait to know” adrenaline rush showing up with increasing frequency since the…
Packed and Ready
Packed and Ready
by Kat Silverglate ©2025 Maybe you’ve seen one of those videos of a baby with total hearing loss experiencing sound for the first time with the aid of a device or surgery? Some aspect of your innermost being becomes jelly-like…
Up Club
Up Club
by Kat Silverglate ©2024 A travelling salesman does his rounds through old country roads. The rarity of an unannounced visitor makes each house call that much more memorable to the visiting vendor. At this unforgettable home, an old man sways…
Tamper Evident Joy
Tamper Evident Joy
by Kat Silverglate ©2024 When our son was young and learning about the world, we did the verbal things parents do to make learning fun – mostly through invitations to respond. Invitation: “The lion says…?” Response: “Roar.” Invitation: “The cow…
Wash
Wash
by Kat Silverglate ©2024 The drudgery of clearing ashes from a fireplace is lost on most warm climate folks. Sweeping them inevitably pushes a powder thin cloud into the air creating a haze that later settles on furniture, sills, curtains…
Feather Weight
Feather Weight
by Kat Silverglate ©2024 Often attributed to St. Philip Neri, a sixteenth century Italian priest, the story of a fantastically creative reaction to a confession goes something like this. A woman tells her priest that she has repeated a non-flattering…
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