by Lynn Lipinski | Dec 12, 2014 | Personal, Profiles
My father provided me with countless life lessons, many of which sunk into my head while I was pretending not to listen. I’ve written a previous blog on my favorite piece of his advice, the one about eating an elephant one bite at a time. In honor of the second...
by Lynn Lipinski | Dec 5, 2014 | Flash Fiction Friday, Writing
Alicia spouted business cliches with such earnestness that I had to wonder if she’d been living under a rock for 2o years. How could anyone in the year 2014 call for a paradigm shift or blame something on a perfect storm without a measure of irony at the sheer...
by Lynn Lipinski | Nov 14, 2014 | Flash Fiction Friday, Writing
The police helicopter’s spotlight bounced through layers of Southern California dust on my windshield to illuminate the Chevy’s dashboard. Hip-hop music nearly masked the scream of the police sirens behind me. I counted two news stations circling the...
by Lynn Lipinski | Nov 7, 2014 | Flash Fiction Friday, Writing
The portal had dissolved the hospital wall, but only Netta seemed to notice. The nurses flowed in and out of the room without so much as a glance at the garden that had materialized. Netta tried to get the night nurse to pluck her a flower from one of wild bushes on...
by Lynn Lipinski | Oct 31, 2014 | Flash Fiction Friday, Writing
Kelly hopped up the curb and onto the dusty path that ringed North Hollywood Park. The loop was just under a mile, and she figured she could get two laps in before dusk dissolved to night and burn enough calories to enjoy at least some of her son’s Halloween...
