Prologue for The Butterfly Cage

The girl opened the glass door and stepped into the small garden where a waterfall spilled into a pond and the captive butterflies began their morning dance. Dozens of them in all different colors and sizes flitted about the tops of the red and yellow flowers. Sometimes one might land on her head or on…

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How Building a Porch is like Writing a Novel

The Porch  First of all, it costs so much more than you think it’s going to cost. After countless permits and inspections, some guys come and lay a concrete foundation. Of course there’s more than one screw up. They get concrete on your “art” door. They get concrete on the siding. The concrete they do…

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