Kathy Saunders
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To Catch a Faery
June 2, 1967 I saw the first firefly of the season. Mom and dad would not let us go outside after dark. They said the boogie man would come and get us. My sister and I aren’t afraid of anything. This is totally ridiculous. My wish tonight is to catch a firefly.
By Kathy Saunders5 years ago in Fiction
The Unknown Artifact
The announcement played on the hour, every hour, every day. “You are on day 261 (out of 265) to bring me the Peace Manifesto from the Eagle. If I do not have her in five, you will burn.” We were burning anyway; our country was attacked daily from all sides; ambushed by land, air, and sea. Our own soldiers turned against us. The United States was falling. The glory of the once mighty Empire of the Eagle was coming to an end. Politicians exchanged threats and money to no avail; citizens pleaded for their lives. There was only one entity that could save them all, a child, a girl, or so we were told.
By Kathy Saunders5 years ago in Fiction
My Passions
I have always been a creative person. I took dance lessons as a little girl; I won many awards. I took piano lessons as a teenager; I taught myself to play the flute and currently am working on the violin and cello. I sing live on cruise ships with my friends at the piano bar and play sometimes. But my true passion is writing. During my college years, I took a creative writing class with Dr. Furlong that opened my eyes to see things in a brand new way. Writing did not have to be formulas, and poetry did not have to follow certain rules. I fell in love with Poe, Williams, and cummings, and it made me come out of a shell I had been hiding in all my life. I became an English teacher so I could develop the skills in young adults to write about things they cared about. I teach the formula so my students know the rules, but I also teach my students which rules were made to be broken or heavily bent.
By Kathy Saunders5 years ago in Motivation
