Laura DePace
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Retired teacher, nature lover, aspiring writer driven by curiosity and “What if?” I want to share my view of the fascinating, complex world of nature. I also love creating strong characters and interesting worlds for them to live in.
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A Perfect Setting
The setting looked perfect, and anticipation rushed through me. This is it! I thought. The beginning of a new life! A life as perfect as this setting: a lovely Fall day, just cool enough without being chilly, a pristine white tablecloth, bread and wine and fruit. Perfect.
By Laura DePaceabout a year ago in Fiction
Special Education
Special Education By Laura Brady DePace I took a deep breath as I surveyed the empty classroom. In a few seconds, this room would fill with twenty-five hyperactive, hormone-driven teenagers, who had no interest in anything I might try to teach them. Bad enough to be a “regular” Middle School science teacher, but as a substitute teacher, I felt like I walked in the door with a target on my back. Why would anyone want to be a substitute teacher? I wondered. For me, at least it wasn’t a life sentence. I was here for one reason, and hopefully for only one day.
By Laura DePace2 years ago in Fiction
Texas Bluebonnets
I strolled into the field of Texas bluebonnets and knew that not only had Spring come to Texas, but that I had come home, too. I had forgotten how beautiful they were, how incredibly, impossibly blue. Blue as the sky on a perfect summer’s day. Blue as his eyes.
By Laura DePace2 years ago in Fiction
