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Shelly Reuben 's Stories


Tilting at Windmills:The Giant Chickadee

I am going to categorize this story as “fiction,” because even though it happened, and happened to me, I’m having ..


Tilting at Windmills: Poor Rose

The “Rose” in the title isn’t the name of a woman. Not even one with a porcelain complexion, dainty hands, ..


Tilting at Windmills: Lest We Forget

With Veteran’s Day (which we used to call Armistice Day, and in Canada is called Remembrance Day) earlier this week, ..


Tilting at Windmills: Exercise - Ouch. Groan. Sweat.

Okay. So. Here’s the deal. There are times in our lives when, not only is exercise the last thing on ..


Tilting at Windmills: Ode to (Bleh!) Self-Discipline

A poem by Shelly Reuben We get up each day, In the usual way. Feet first on the rug on ..


Tilting at Windmills: Grandma (She Re-Invented Herself) Moses

Many of you may be happily familiar with Anna Mary Robertson – popularly known as Grandma Moses. Others may not. ..


Tilting at Windmills: Just Stepping Away

I am a firm believer in reality. I don’t remember when or where I first heard the words “Reality exists,” ..


Tilting at Windmills: Character Sketches, Encore

It is a common misconception that all fictional characters are based on an author’s friends, foes, or family. In fact, ..


Tilting at Windmills: The Ballad of the Non-Multitasker

Poem by Shelly Reuben Multitask, I cannot do; I can perform one task. Not two. I cannot throw a ball ..


Tilting at Windmills: Endangered This and That

I was thumbing through my newspaper the other day when I came upon a story lamenting that certain species – ..


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