Susan Brearley

Published in Contemplate

·Pinned

Memories of Montserrat

In Younger Days — This short story is part of a chapter in my forthcoming book, “Memories of Montserrat.” They told this story for years. My grandparents loved entertaining. Tea parties, afternoons playing bridge, full dinners, Caribbean sunset viewings, and “Adventures in Listening” — they never missed an opportunity to gather and socialize. Phones…

Writing

4 min read

Published in MuddyUm

·Updated 1 day ago

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Humor

17 min read

Published in Garden of Neuro

·Feb 27

Numbers

Surviving My Education — I am telling myself I cannot look at another number I cannot decipher letters that stand in bold attention In lines of fascist dictatorships that insist a p and an n and an x must comingle with 1s and 2s and 3s when really they are just names for…

Poetry

2 min read

Published in MuddyUm

·Feb 24

My Dentist Thinks He’s A Comedian

Please save me Ms. Pandya — I had my annual this morning. I never know whether to look forward to these sessions or dread them. Every time I arrive for an appointment there’s a different hygienist. They all have a different style. So I have to mentally prepare for anything. Some hygienists have the sweetest bedside…

Dentistry

6 min read

Published in Contemplate

·Feb 14

The Other Side of Paradise

All’s Well That Ends Well — It’s not a part of anyone’s daily routine to know exactly what the next steps are, after your home is covered in volcanic ash so thick that all the garden plants lose their leaves and everything is left resembling a lunar landscape, with small and tall trunks sticking up out…

Life

7 min read

Published in Contemplate

·Feb 4

Friends For Life

We’ll always remember — From as far back as I can squeeze any memories out of my tired brain, I can see Karen’s house clearly in my mind. …

Writing

4 min read

Published in Garden of Neuro

·Feb 1

The Seeds of Discontent

I will never find all the weed seeds before spring — I love harvest time. Don’t you? By my age, I’m a well experienced farmer. My cheese pumpkins and butternut squash grow so huge that I could live on them all winter long. If the food supply chain suddenly permanently broke, I will not starve. I save seeds from year to…

Writing

3 min read

Published in MuddyUm

·Jan 16

December MWC Contest Winners

It Was a Tough Choice — Deliberation was intense. We added two new judges to the judging panel — Liv Pasquarelli and Mackenzie Saunders. Along with Gary Chapin and Amy Sea, we set about to select the winners. As before, we reminded ourselves what we were looking for in this contest. Four criteria were used. Originality…

Humor

4 min read

Published in MuddyUm

·Jan 15

The MuddyUm Twitter Campaign

Just Another of the Many Great Services From Your Mudditors — Calling all humorists! Calling all comedy writers! Calling all satirists! MuddyUm invites you to come aboard the ship that is setting sail to the Twitterverse! We now feature #DailyMuddyFunny on MuddyUm’s Twitter account. What does that even mean, you ask? It means, every day our editors will pick their favorite…

Humor

3 min read

Published in MuddyUm

·Jan 11

The MWC December Entries

Did we miss any? — Here they are! The December entries. Check back on the 15th for the finalists and Grand Prize Winner. For the category PABLUM: From a grain of infinity Better Bunker Snacks and Hacks Pablum: the Swiss army knife of your secret pantrymedium.com From Andrew Rodwin Bursting the World’s Bubbles, One Prick at A Time Pablum!’s venture capital pitch deckmedium.com From Matthew Thiele Stop Leaving Baby Cereal Out for Grown Men to Eat Man vs. mushmedium.com

MWC

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