a sprinkle of faith

Tag: writing

  • A Game of…

    Cat and Mouse. I was six when I moved to Santa Fe, and I hated it. My Aunt Lupe had taken me in – for reasons unknown to me – and my mother and two older brothers remained in Mexico. I missed them terribly.  It was hard for me to make friends, due to my…

  • The World According to Q

    The Story Begins My name is Quentin, but my friends from the nest call me Q. I was named after my father’s great, great, GREAT grandfather. He came to this country from France, and now he’s hailed as a hero in our family.  As the story goes, he and his lady friend left Paris to…

  • Six Word Story –

    – There’s a mouse in the house. – I thought my illustration and six word story might be a fun break from the Alphabet Game. Plus, I’m going to veer into uncharted territory for the letter “P,” and I need time to organize and prepare. I’m going to familiarize myself with the elements of a…

  • Naivety

    When I think about the “N” word, Naivety, I get a little pissed off. In my young adulthood (which lasted well into my ‘old’ adulthood), I would always get embarrassed when I thought about the times that I’d been naïve. I’m pretty sure there have been MANY of those times, because my naivety existed longer…

  • Muse in the Mirror

    After scrapping another episode of barbershop tales… I did a little imagery tonight and came up with the word Muse for the letter “M.” I’ve never really put much thought into the word, so I looked it up to see what the Internet had to say. Below are some of the definitions that I found:…

  • Kaleidoscope Dreams

    I thought that the letter “K” deserved a visual illustration rather than a story. Whenever I’m in the midst of feeling like things aren’t coming together perfectly, I step back and try to do something colorful. It’s a form of venting for me. At first, when considering the Alphabet Game, I wanted to use the…