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Chapter 25: The Coma

byJon Westfall November 25, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15]   After Ryan’s apology, the group eventually returned to their discussion of summer camps. Mara hadn’t ever been to one, in fact, she’d never participated in any non-mandatory activity. Her parents sent her to school, but they never had much interest in sending her elsewhere. She told the group…

Chapter 15: The Sins of the Father

byJon Westfall November 15, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15]   They’re all staring at me Mara sat about 20 feet away from the rest of the group. It had been a tiring few hours with them. She’d learned all about their past, while successfully keeping them away from her’s. The boy had come back, and she learned his…

Chapter 13: Unidentified Flying Object

byJon Westfall November 13, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15]   Where am I? Am I finally done? Is it all over? Sara Beth remembered a day years ago before she met Julie, back when it was just her and her parents, living far out in the country before they moved closer to the city. It was sunny, and…

Chapter 4: Sara Beth

byJon Westfall November 4, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15] Sara Beth sat in the corner of the room crying, alternating from light sniffles to harder sobs as she tried harder and harder to tuck herself into a ball. She wanted to block out the whole world, and while successful in doing that, she wasn’t very successful in calming…

Chapter 3: Similarities

byJon Westfall November 3, 2015 NaNoWriMo15
[nnwm15] Mrs. Corum sat for a long time while G-ma happily air knitted. Finally she’d had enough. “You know, I would have taken a nap to escape this, by now”, she said. G-ma looked up from her knitting. “Funny how we realize that a lot of the time we spent…

#54 Waking Up

byJon Westfall March 25, 2012 A Short Story A Day
Anna sat up in the bed and yawned. She hadn’t meant to fall asleep, but lying there sleep had taken hold. It was dark out now, the afternoon sun fading into darkness. She felt groggy, and disoriented from her unexpected slumber. She staggered over to her desk and sat down…

#34 A Literal World

byJon Westfall March 5, 2012 A Short Story A Day
“Ouch! That burned a bit”, Amiee said as she felt a warm heat on the back of her neck. “What was that”, she asked her friend Mary. “Dragonfly, probably”, Mary responded. “Sometimes their fire breath gets a bit intense!”. About an hour earlier, Amiee had walked along minding her own…

A Long Walk

byJon Westfall April 28, 2009 Personal
This morning I had to pick up a vehicle from the mechanics and while it was raining and around 50 degrees out I had the wild idea to walk up there (Rather than drive up and pay, then pick up the car tomorrow). So I put on my earbuds (attached…

LocateMe Locates Us a Contest!

byJon Westfall January 22, 2009 Windows Phone Thoughts
http://www.appliedpda.com/ “Easily share your coordinates with others through Email or SMS. Simply select a recipient then press the ‘Send’ button. It is that quick! No extra typing required. The messages are automatically constructed for you by LocateMe.” LocateMe provides a novel way to let others know what’s going on when…

Alarm Master Sleys Elusive Enemy ForgetAllAboutis!

byJon Westfall January 6, 2009 Windows Phone Thoughts
http://www.connectivetools.com/alar…master_ppc.html “Alarm Master is a convenient and powerful utility that helps managing personal alarms and reminder on your Windows Mobile Classic/Professional device. If you need a reminder solution for a variety of purposes from daily alarm-clock to parents’ calls and monthly bills, this flexible tool is an ideal solution for…