Julie Lacksonen
Bio
Julie has been a music teacher at a public school in Arizona since 1987. She enjoys writing, reading, walking, swimming, and spending time with family.
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Ice Churches
Every winter, cars slowed down near my home in a small, Minnesota town. People would gape, point, and take pictures. Why? Because every year, old widower Matthews, my neighbor to the south, would take huge blocks of ice from the frozen pond behind his home. With the precision of an architect, he would build an ice church by the road. He would light up sections to make it look like it had stained glass windows.
By Julie Lacksonen4 years ago in Fiction
Stranger Stranger
This strange tale began two years ago in my small-town Texas bar. In sauntered a man on a slow Thursday night who looked like he belonged in a circus. He had many unusual piercings and tattoos, yet he wore a shirt with the words, “peace, harmony, and love” intersecting.
By Julie Lacksonen4 years ago in Fiction
Tik Tok Goes the Clock
Trends are forever coming and going. Tablets started out on stone, then paper, and now electronics. I never thought I'd have to admit this, but I'm not keeping up with the times. Technology has been advancing so fast that my head is spinning like an Olympic skater.
By Julie Lacksonen4 years ago in Humans
The Hunters
“Not another mounted head,” Jill shrieked at her husband. “We have no room for that thing in this house. There are already animals staring from every direction.” Her gesture scanned Jason’s prized taxidermized lynx, the 12-point elk head above the mantle, the fox, the bear skin rug, and the various other trophy catches adorning the living room of their Wyoming log house.
By Julie Lacksonen5 years ago in Fiction
