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Fairy Webs and Deadheads

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Sep 15, 2025

A teacher who characterizes without knowledge beyond their own sphere, leaves students paralyzed, discouraged, maybe even stopping them forever.

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The Little Things

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Aug 15, 2025

The motion light burned out just as I was pulling under the carport. Would I be able to get up there with a ladder, remove it and find a replacement for a 20-year-old light? The

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Momentitos

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Jun 27, 2025

A crash of thunder set me straight up, in time to see the lightening fill my little cabin bedroom. That was close. What time is it, anyway? The blackened sky hid the usual sunrise. The

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While it is Still Here

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Jun 05, 2025

How can I possibly be sitting outside at 7:29 p.m. on a June evening and not be inhaling bugs? I get that we lack bugs because we lack rain, but the grasses are green, the

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Double your Pleasure, Double your Fun

Double your Pleasure, Double your Fun

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • May 10, 2025

People of a certain age will be able to finish these phrases and likely be able to sing the jingle. This might bring a smile from childhood days or a blank look, depending on one’s

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Sin Palabras

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Apr 16, 2025

Silence or breaking silence? Deciding or not deciding? Showing up or not showing up? As a writer, I have difficulty sticking to word counts. A magazine article might limit me to 800 words; a newspaper’s

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Mending Moments

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Mar 10, 2025

The voices in my head have picked up the noises in the atmosphere. I have signed a barrage of petitions resulting in a deluge of pings, tings, and emails announcing the latest news out of

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Seeking Sisu

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Feb 16, 2025

Sisu (Finnish) Noun: A special strength and determination to continue on in moments of adversity; having grit, bravery, and resilience: refusing to give up

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James and the Whistle

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Jan 16, 2025

If you wish to have the author read this story to you, check the link below. The following short story was written in 2016 and is included on page 103 in Janet Kurtz’s recently published

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Celebrations & Core Beliefs

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  • Janet Kurtz
  • Dec 15, 2024

In the north, meteorologists have added “wind chill” to their weather reports. They elongate their updates with “the temperature feels like” and “polar winds” coming in from Canada, as they sweep their hands over huge

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