by Cybele | Apr 21, 2024 | 2024, Strings & Stories
On a scale of 1 to 10,Where zero is no pain,1’s a hint,2’s a little,And 3 and 4 a tad more. By 5 and 6 there’s no mistake,Our attention is fully fixed.We’re moaning a lot,Happy we’re not,By 7 we’re calling it quits. By 8 we’ve...
by Cybele | Apr 14, 2024 | 2024, Strings & Stories
I’m sure there was a hospital in Sacramento that we could have gone to – that we should have gone to – but my best guess is that my dad simply didn’t want to be stuck two hours away from Berkeley when he had a class to teach the next morning at Cal....
by Cybele | Mar 14, 2024 | 2024, Strings & Stories
Four weeks ago, just a couple days after sharing my Belle of the French Quarter story, something happened that reminded me just how quickly our lives can change from one moment to the next. I had a bad fall coming down a flight of stairs, busted my face against a door...
by Cybele | Feb 16, 2024 | 2024, Strings & Stories
First published in the Summer 2021 isssue of The Exponent II. There used to be a painting of me on display in Jackson Square in front of the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. The artist named it “The Belle of the French Quarter.” I suppose I should have been...
by Cybele | Feb 5, 2024 | 2024, Strings & Stories
Sometimes things happen in our lives that are really hard to talk about. They remain buried and hidden until the right prompt comes along. For me, that prompt came in February of 2021 when I decided, on a whim, to take an online writing class. The first assignment...
