I've been excited to appear in many in-person storytelling shows that have returned to the stage, but I'm also grateful for the virtual shows still online. They create opportunities for storytellers and audiences to share stories when they can't get out, make friends...
If you're involved in the world of live personal storytelling, as a teller or a fan, then you know the pandemic didn't stop us but only prompted us to find each other online, thanks to dedicated producers who took their shows to the virtual road. Such shows are part...
Almost nobody would publish my funny little ditty, Never Kill A Dog Or Cat In Your Novel, because they found it a tad too disturbing. Cue Slackjaw, a humor journal that specializes in over-the-top weirdness. Thank you, Slackjaw, because without you I'd be forced to...
Do you have time to read a 50-word story? Sure you do! My flash-fiction story, The Showstopper, was published today at - where else? - 50-Word Stories. It's kind of weird...I hope.
Why does the coldest water in the house always come out of the bathroom sink, never the kitchen faucet? It makes sense to me that water seems colder coming from the garden hose, because I only drink from the hose when I’m outside on a hot summer day. It’s cold by...
I took a pole dance class. Once. In 2007. Here's how that went: I know what rug burn is, but never until now concerned myself with pole burn. That’s what happens when, while pole dancing, you do a pole sit with your back pressed too tightly against the pole. My...
Last night my husband came home and found a small torn-open box lying next to our garage. In it was just one bottle of Prebiotin, a prebiotic fiber supplement we take at our house. I had ordered two bottles, at 40 bucks a piece – normally well worth it, because this...
I’m not going to write about what I’m thankful for, because it’s Thanksgiving and why play that game? Just look where it got the Native Americans. Instead, I’m going to list five things I’m not thankful for, and I invite you to do the same. Not because we want to...
Cara Lopez Lee is the author of the novel, Candlelight Bridge, and the memoir, They Only Eat Their Husbands. She’s a winner of The Moth StorySLAM and is featured in many personal storytelling shows. Her writing appears in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Manifest-Station, and Rivet. Cara and her husband love traveling, but their home is coastal Ventura, California, where they enjoy tending their Certified Wildlife Habitat full of birds, bees, and butterflies.
