Fruitloop’s Reflections, by Janita Le Grange He came through the front door, bursting with the kind of urgent, life-altering news that only a primary schooler can deliver. “I have a girlfriend.” I paused, looking at him. “That’s big news. What’s her name?” He stared back at me, completely unbothered by the minor detail he had…
The Human Bit, by Frank Peters It started on Friday with a dragon. For Peeling Potatoes Episode 60, we asked: What if the dragon doesn’t want to breathe fire? A ridiculous question, obviously. Dragons breathe fire. That is what dragons do. Somewhere, presumably, there is a dragon handbook explaining the procedure. But what if this…
Just when you think winter is finally packing its bags and heading out the door, the universe decides to change the locks. We were all coasting along, waiting for the calendar to tick over to the first of September, expecting those first warm hints of spring. Instead, the weather page turned and said: Not yet….
Why is the sky blue? What kind of car is that? Why do they look the same? Why can’t we live next to the school? Why do I have to do homework every day? What’s for dinner? Where are my shoes? The needle keeps scratching the same sentence. Only the needle isn’t scratching a vinyl…
They say the bigger the storm, the brighter the rainbow. And maybe that’s true. The dark, heavy clouds don’t mean everything is ruined—they’re usually just clearing out the noise so something better can take its place. A rainbow only looks that bright because of the dark sky sitting right behind it, and maybe these messy,…
