Assignment #1: Intro to Novel Writing
... finally getting around to writing that novel This is the first assignment in the course INTRODUCTION TO NOVEL WRITING offered by The Writer's Workshop • The class is taught by Jana Harris • [...]
Julie, “Pioneer Girl”, and the Little Free Library
Julie, "Pioneer Girl", and the Little Free Library First Published BuffaloVibe • December 5, 2016 Last Christmas as a gift to me, my husband built a magic portal for our front [...]
Tiny Square Egg Noodles
Tiny Square Egg Noodles This essay was originally published in Voice from the Herd: An Anthology for Buffalo, NY - a not-for-profit anthology about the present day city of Buffalo. It is a compilation of flash [...]
South Buffalo And The Fenian Invasion
South Buffalo And The Fenian Invasion First Published BuffaloVibe • March 15th, 2017 Every month or so, Lark arrived at my brother Scott’s tavern wired with the enthusiasm [...]
New Girl. My Adventure at Lafayette High
Once upon a time, one cold winter when I was 14, I moved from Ashland, Oregon where I lived with my mother, to Buffalo to be near my father. Over the course of the previous year, my [...]
Bullied on the Bus
Bullied on the Bus Originally published on BuffaloVibe • April 2, 2017v My eight-year-old son, Sam, stumbled off the school bus into my arms. Sam usually skips, happy to be [...]
A Rush to Coffee
Sweetness 7 First Published BuffaloVibe • March 29, 2017 sign next to the cash register and atop the bakery case reads: “If you'e in a hurry, you're in [...]
Swan Street Italians – Foraging For Greens In April
"Swan Street Italians - Foraging For Greens In April" was originally published April 20, 2017 on BuffaloVibe. This is Lesa Quale Ferguson's original work. My nana (father's mother) wrote me a series of letters [...]
Visiting Buffalo
When I was a teen, Buffalo’s greatest tourist attractions were robust home cooked meals with a galley-full of aunts, uncles, cousins, greats and grands; tradeable Sheriff's cards (without photos) for easy underage drinking; a park [...]