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Shelly Reuben 's Stories


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 – ..


Tilting at Windmills: The Long and Short of It

A poem by Shelly Reuben. Good Grief! Good Grief! I’m getting short. A process I’d like to abort. This attribute of getting old When ..


Tilting at Windmills: Exonerating Uncle Tom

When I was younger (like last week), I had this irritating habit of believing that what happened in novels was ..


Tilting at Windmills: Sunday! Sunday!

I’ll get up! I’ll get up! I said. I said. As I snuggled beneath my quilt. I hid my head And played quite dead. Without ..


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