Zombie Love

By Valerie on September 7, 2011

So, I thought I’d take a moment to consolidate the Love of the Living Dead serial that was spread out in bits and pieces over about 30 days of my 100 days project.

Here’s where it begins: Day 50 – Zombie Love.

and I’ll add links to the following installments at the end of each post.

I’m going to consolidate what I’ve got so far and continue to build on it offline rather than have bits of it spread out over months. There’s still more story to tell, as soon as I’ve got time to write it, so look forward to a Zombie Love novella at some time in the future!

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Day 80 – Love of the Living Dead

By Valerie on July 23, 2011

Frank pulls at the dead branches, cutting and breaking away the dead wood, fuming… for no real reason, but fuming. Bored and restless he’s tired of hiding out in this garden, hiding under Gloria’s protective wing. They don’t talk much about the zombie-ism but it’s always there, the fact he isn’t “normal.”

She’s tried to protect him, keep him away from prying eyes, maintain as normal a life as possible, but the fact is, this place is both sanctuary and prison. It’s no kind of life, not even for the undead. Continue reading »

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Day 78 – random acts of love

By Valerie on July 21, 2011

I’ve been carrying sidewalk chalk around with me since the 10,000 views party where I had people go out and write random love notes on the sidewalk. Walking around after the party reading those notes made me very happy.

Despite my best intentions I hadn’t written another sidewalk chalk love note since. I was always too busy, trying to catch a bus, make a meeting when I was out on the street.

Until today. Crashing health-wise has really slowed me down. Small blessings. Today I had some time in a park with nothing else to do, so I got out that chalk. Wrote little notes like:

Hi Beautiful

you are loved

TRY

Anything I could think of that would have sparked me up, made me smile as I was plowing through my life eyes down, head in my problems. I can’t believe how happy it made me, just leaving a trail of joy on the sidewalk.

I’d like to start a sidewalk chalk revolution, not just for hopscotch and rainbows anymore, but laying down random acts of love. Paying it forward, putting joy under people’s feet.

How cool would that be? Who’s in?

THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN’T DO!

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Day 72 – Florence Frickin’ Nightingale

By Valerie on July 16, 2011

This one’s for you mama….

My mom spent her working years as a nurse. A member of that noble-hearted profession of caregivers, nurturers, comforters of the ailing. My mother also has a rather warped sense of humour. To this day, if you ask her how my dad broke his toe (something that happened well over 30 years ago now), you’ll get such a fit of tear streaming breathless giggles you won’t ever really get the story, Continue reading »

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Day 67 – Summer Storm

By Valerie on July 13, 2011

Another installment of fiction on demand, this time with lines tweeted from Shawn and Jenna.

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What the fuck did I get myself into? It all started when it started to pour, a summer stroll turned into a summer sprint. Heading for the trees, ducking under the broad sweep of a spruce tree, needles clinging to palms and knees. Continue reading »

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