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DEBB BOUCH: Modern Alchemy

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Fry flour in the pan juices. Stir in stock (chicken, or marmite and water).
Add worcestershire sauce and pepper.
What could possibly go wrong?

Whisk to get rid of lumps.
Sieve to get rid of lumps.
Hope mother-in-law to be doesn’t notice lumps.

It’s not a witch’s brew.
Just gravy.

A little over a year ago Debb Bouch entered a short story into a Needle in the Hay contest. Regular contests since have provided encouragement and challenge. And writing is all about challenge.

DEBB BOUCH: An End; A Beginning

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“I don’t love you enough.” How can enough be measured?

Five short words have changed months of planning for a shared future. We are no longer we.

But ‘I am’ succeeds ‘we are’, as determination succeeds incomprehension. My eyes are dry.

The future is all mine. He cannot change that.

A little over a year ago Debb Bouch entered a short story into a Needle in the Hay contest. Regular contests since have provided encouragement and challenge. And writing is all about challenge.