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Lou-Ellen Barkan is native New Yorker, spending her retirement years in the Berkshires where she teaches creative writing classes, runs a writers' group and publishes stories. Some these can be found in The Stockholm Review of Literature, The Jewish Literary Journal, Lowestoft Chronicle, and Clever Magazine. She holds a BA Summa Cum Laude from Hunter College and an MA in adult education from Columbia University.
by Lou-Ellen Barkan The resort served dinner at eight in the main dining room. On our first night, Michael and I were the first ones seated. We were at a table facing the entrance, watching the other guests arrive. 'So," Michael asked, sipping his martini. 'Which one is he?' 'No idea.
"I think it's disgraceful," my mother said. "I agree," my father said. "Pass the bread, please." "What's disgraceful?" I asked, walking into the dining room and dropping my book bag on the floor. "Maybe that you're half an hour late for dinner." My mother pointed to my chair. "Sit down, please."
A short story about a young girl learning about her sinister neighbor while babysitting for them one night. redrosethorns publishes writing pieces centred around the subjects of mental health, gender/sexuality, self-care, and empowerment to create more information and conversations around these topics. As well as to build connection within our global community.
The Stafford Hotel dinner was the finale of our three-week London shopping spree, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to furnish our apartment in antiques. With the British pound just over a dollar, even with travel and shipping costs, we could buy what we needed, ship the goods home and, big bonus for us, still on budget, fit in a long weekend in Paris.
Lou-Ellen is a native New Yorker, recently retired after three careers; on Wall Street, in NYC Government and, over the last sixteen years, as a not for profit CEO. With a comedian/writing partner, she has written two tv shows waiting for a home when/if the world returns to normal.