Shelly Blaisdell
Pondering in Pillows
When she was six, and it was September, we curled together in bed. Her hot little head tucked into the crook of my arm. "Again, Mommy"...
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Stories about bodies, families, coffee, gerbils, blood, god, dinosaurs, memories, onions, bees and cats . . . lots of cats.
Shelly Blaisdell
5 min
Eraser Babies in the Road
I flipped through outdated magazines with other solemn strangers. When the nurse called my name, I followed her to a dim, silvery room...
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Shelly Blaisdell
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Endings
On a 90 degree evening, seven women spread their mats on a weathered wooden platform under a tree in Temescal Canyon Park. Caroline led...
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Shelly Blaisdell
9 min
Dinosaur Bones
My parents said I should envy babies who die within an hour or two of birth. They escape before being poisoned by this evil world. God...
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Shelly Blaisdell
4 min
Emmitt The Submissive Pansexual Cat
In 2003, my husband Ted and I were petless. Actually, we had a kindergartener, which is just like having a ferret, so we felt no need for...
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Shelly Blaisdell
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Love and Salt
Sunday morning I ride my purple beach cruiser down the bike path. Even though I think I live at the beach, my neighborhood is just two...
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Shelly Blaisdell
3 min
Bats
Often at night, a good man will pull a woman close to him with just a bit of force. He will loom large and she will surrender to the...
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Shelly Blaisdell
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Oswaldo
I opened the restaurant at 8:30. Oswaldo was already there, mincing shallots and roasting bones. I poked my head through the serving...
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Shelly Blaisdell
8 min
Ella
Ella is curled like a fawn, her legs tucked under her tawny body. She is laying in a hollow she created on the couch cushion, parallel to...
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Shelly Blaisdell
1 min
Left
You just left Left the door open for a cat to enter Left a light on leading me to water You just left Left your jacket on the chair Left...
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Shelly Blaisdell
1 min
Essential Element
I If there were no men in the world there would be no reason to whisper no reason to learn the language no mysteries to chew on no babies...
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Shelly Blaisdell
3 min
Dog Bones in the After Life
When I die, the package that once contained me will be left in your care. Please take it into the Angeles Mountains and tuck in under a...
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Shelly Blaisdell
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Praying with Bees
This morning, like most, I went in search of a sunny spot in which to drink coffee and pray. I walked for blocks until finding a set of...
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