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Always in a Wine Glass

I dirty a wine glass every night and every morning it is right back in its place on the shelf, sparkling and upended, just like all the rest.  I am never sure if I am using the same one over and over though he always choses the one on the far left.  Once, I handed him the one second from the left, didn't wait for him to do it all for me.  I saw his eyes twitch and in a few minutes, almost as if by accident, he walked over and shifted the left one into the empty place.  Of course, he threw that…See More
May 14
6 Comments
Amy commented on Travis Smith's blog post King of the Mountain
"BRAVO!  And thank you for telling me some of the backstory on this.  "Where ever I go, there I am."  Ain't it the truth, my friend?  Hugs. "
Sep 12, 2011
Kerry Logan commented on Amy's blog post Lemon Drops
"delectable- the slow tease of foreplay done over hours."
Jul 23, 2011
Kerry Logan commented on Amy's blog post Chocolate Syrup
"I keep reading this over and over, picking up nuances. This is great!"
Jul 23, 2011
Amy commented on Amy's blog post Always in a Wine Glass
"Thank you, Jeanette.  I didn't either!"
Jul 22, 2011
Jeanette Cheezum commented on Amy's blog post Always in a Wine Glass
"Ha, I love it. I didn't want you to stop."
Jul 22, 2011
Travis Smith commented on Amy's blog post Chocolate Syrup
"The voice you describe the scene in matches really well with the feeling you portray for the woman.  Assuming this is still the same couple from previous posts, the addition of the two children worked really well adding to the overall story."
Jul 22, 2011
Sandra Davies commented on Amy's blog post Chocolate Syrup
"It is so frightening that the desire to simply run from some situations lasts, apparently, for ever ... the sort of thing one supposes one will 'grow out of' but doesn't.   And I suspect she knew she was responsible from the…"
Jul 22, 2011
Amy posted a blog post

Chocolate Syrup

Chapter OneShe wouldn't have run away if it hadn't been for the chocolate syrup, tipped over, cap still in the up postition instead of pushed down firmly.  How hard is that?  To push the lid down, locked, on the chocolate syrup?  Now there was a long coagulent rope of goo leading down through the other foods to the bottom shelf where the butter and jellies and a head of lettuce (not in the crisper) lay mired in a pool.  And someone had to clean it up.  Only this time, it wasn't her. Perhaps the…See More
Jul 22, 2011
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Travis Smith left a comment for Amy
"Yes, it is more fun now that we have met (same for everyone there) - I can now picture voices with the words, and the stories just seems to flow better - the way you or the other intended - in my mind as I read them."
Jul 20, 2011
Sandra Davies commented on Amy's blog post Lemon Drops
"Sensuous ...."
Jul 20, 2011
Travis Smith commented on Amy's blog post Lemon Drops
"It wouldn't take much to change it, it kind of has a first-person feel to it as is I think, so I can see how that might work better.     Knowing that it is the same couple though makes this even more intriguing - lots of questions...."
Jul 20, 2011
Amy commented on Amy's blog post Lemon Drops
"I was trying for that.... this gal is stuck in my head.  But I wish I had done this in first person, like yesterday."
Jul 20, 2011
Travis Smith commented on Amy's blog post Lemon Drops
"The combination of the eloquent way you describe this and all of the things that are not said make this really intriguing.     Is this supposed to be the same couple from your previous post?"
Jul 20, 2011
Amy posted a blog post

Lemon Drops

It was the caviar.The salty rich roundness on her tongue, so different than anything in her previous life that she wanted to roll in red and black, scrub it into her skin.  She wanted to gulp it, breathe it, eat the whole mound with greedy fingers.She knew he was looking at her askance, his head perfectly straight on his shoulders, but his eyes fully present.After that he fed her other things:  raw oysters, shrimp cocktail, goat cheese, olives, artichoke hearts, orange marmalade, leading her in…See More
Jul 20, 2011
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Jason Hosler commented on Amy's blog post Always in a Wine Glass
"I think reading your piece had a direct influence  on mine.  I like the tone of this and the dominance is nicely subtle."
Jul 19, 2011

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Favorite Work of Fiction?
it changes and shifts.... for now.... The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Favorite Author?
ditto above.... (favorite poet is Mary Oliver, though)
Favorite Quote?
Go confidently in the direction of your dream... Live the life you have always imagined. Henry David Thoreau
About Me
I do two things: Write and Ride. Oh, and laugh and choose joy. I work on a ranch in Arizona while I attempt to write fiction in the shadow of my first non-fiction work, Rightful Place, that came out this past spring with Texas Tech University Press.

I dip my brain into the gigantic swirl of everything. Lift it back out-- let it cool. Everything runs through the creases and folds, drips down the back of my neck.


Angora imparo. Michaelangelo
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http://amyhaleauker.com

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Chocolate Syrup

Chapter One

She wouldn't have run away if it hadn't been for the chocolate syrup, tipped over, cap still in the up postition instead of pushed down firmly.  How hard is that?  To push the lid down, locked, on the chocolate syrup?  Now there was a long coagulent rope of goo leading down through the other foods to the bottom shelf where the butter and jellies and a head of lettuce (not in the crisper) lay mired in a pool.  And…

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Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:59am — 3 Comments

Lemon Drops

It was the caviar.

The salty rich roundness on her tongue, so different than anything in her previous life that she wanted to roll in red and black, scrub it into her skin.  She wanted to gulp it, breathe it, eat the whole mound with greedy fingers.

She knew he was looking at her askance, his head perfectly straight on his shoulders, but his eyes fully present.

After that he fed her other things:  raw oysters, shrimp cocktail, goat cheese, olives, artichoke hearts,…

Continue

Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:36am — 5 Comments

Always in a Wine Glass

I dirty a wine glass every night and every morning it is right back in its place on the shelf, sparkling and upended, just like all the rest.  I am never sure if I am using the same one over and over though he always choses the one on the far left.  Once, I handed him the one second from the left, didn't wait for him to do it all for me.  I saw his eyes twitch and in a few minutes, almost as if by accident, he walked over and shifted the left one into the empty place.  Of course, he threw…

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Posted on July 19, 2011 at 9:21am — 6 Comments

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At 6:59pm on July 20, 2011, Travis Smith said…
Yes, it is more fun now that we have met (same for everyone there) - I can now picture voices with the words, and the stories just seems to flow better - the way you or the other intended - in my mind as I read them.
 
 
 

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