Tag Archives: lost

The Lost Girl

Posted on September 17, 2024 by mitchteemley

 My Real Memoir She was there, and yet she wasn’t. My suddenly-ex-girlfriend Dar handed me her apartment key, and said, “Well, bye.” I leaned in for a long kiss, hoping it might re-ignite something, but she cut it short. To … Continue reading →

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Unsavable?

Posted on September 7, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image by Nathan J. Hilton “Is there anything more agonizing than being unable to save someone whose fate you’ve helped create?” ~The Wishing Map φ

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A Hidden Gift

Posted on June 1, 2024 by mitchteemley

Artwork by Dongwoo Kim The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode click here. To read it from the start, click here. Freshly-saved from drowning, Zack and Gina turned to face the coastal cliffs of … Continue reading →

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Lost But Not Alone

Posted on January 21, 2023 by mitchteemley

Image by vuongbibiptp The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Gina had escaped in disgrace from the village … Continue reading →

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The Last Kid on Earth

Posted on October 9, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo by Willgard Krause The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. The double moon that had settled over … Continue reading →

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Lost in Barcelona

Posted on June 10, 2021 by mitchteemley

Image courtesy of Rosanna Piano When I was a young man, I began searching for the meaning of life. Along the way, I wrote a travel journal, a mix of prose and poetry, and labelled it Fool’s Odyssey. I got off … Continue reading →

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Be Someone’s Answer

Posted on March 8, 2021 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week There’s a reason AA sponsors are recovering addicts. Lost people don’t want slogans, they want to be shown the way out—by someone who’s actually found it. So don’t just give answers, whenever you possibly can, be … Continue reading →

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If I were?

Posted on August 28, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Drew B of the blog site Rumenate (intentionally misspelled). I don’t know much about Drew–where he lives, what the B stands for. But I do know that his sparse and sometimes enigmatic poetry always … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 80

Posted on August 30, 2017 by mitchteemley

Uncertainties and dangers can’t always be avoided. Sometimes stories are the only refuge we have.

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The Wishing Map 44

Posted on December 21, 2016 by mitchteemley

Have you ever become friends with someone so entirely different than you that simply knowing them altered your view of the world?

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