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Catherine's Short Stories

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Excerpt from The Legend of Kapo, published by Reedsy.com August 2021.  To read the entire story, click the button below.
May 1, 1850
Dearest Sister Annie,
I am writing to you from Kona Hawaii on my third week as governess to her Highness Emma Rooke, whom most people call Emmalani... to my thinking, the Mermaids are a Western invention akin to Centaurs of Greek myth.  Lost fishermen and missing sailors gave rise to half human creatures and sea goddesses.  Here in Hawaii, each family honors simpatico creatures, their aumakua...  I myself have witnessed the elders standing in the waves close to shore and CALLING to their aumakua, chanting in their musical way, raising their arms, an outstretched welcome, and Annie, I tell you, the sharks COME...On the island of Hawai’i, there is an active volcano which one can visit and see molten lava up close.  It is like seeing God at his most awe inspiring to witness the creation of new land, Annie, reminiscent of those days when we saw God in the clouds as we laid on the grass in our favorite meadow...At the Talk Story, I learned that their goddess Pele had sisters, one of whom was called Kapo. This goddess had a most unusual talent.  I am struggling to convey what I heard at that meeting in Waipio for it involves a woman’s’ private parts...
Click here to read "The Legend of Kapo" at Reedsy.com
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Here is an excerpt from the memoir vignette/short story that was published by Reedsy.com in 2020:

​...My late brother Chris and I were having a conversation one of those many times at the end of the day when he needed a toke.  I would light up the joint, hold it to his lips, then pull it away after he inhaled.  He would hold onto the smoke for a minute, exhale, then take a second, then a third.  I’d puff on it sometimes, but home was twenty to forty minutes away by car.  He lived up in the Oakland Hills, and I had to get back to San Francisco.  Nowadays, you can count on an hour or more in travel time anytime you have to cross the Bay.
 
I don’t know how he persevered with such kindness and grace.  He was the best one of us three, a healthy normal boy until the accident that left him a quadriplegic at fourteen.  We passed the time with gallows humor.  
 
I’d say “Hey you, here’s the good news, at least you’re not a blind quadriplegic – that would be worse.”  And Chris would say “I feel lucky, oh so lucky.” and we’d snort-laugh....
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  • About
  • Short Stories
    • SOMA VAMP
  • CGTripp Blog
  • Mary Ellen Pleasant Papers
    • 1902: Memoirs and Autobiography of Mary E. Pleasant
    • 1904: Her Epitaph is Written
    • 1895: Life Story of Mammy Pleasance
    • 1899: Mammy Pleasant: Angel or Arch Fiend?
    • 1892: Death in a Stairwell
    • 1901: Mammy Pleasant, the Woman
    • 1897: Dark Skinned Lion Tamer in the House of Mystery Oct. 10, 1897
    • 1897: House of Mystery to the Fore
    • 1881: An Orphan's Millions - A high spirited girl's Rise from Poverty
    • 1884: MEP Lauded by Tyler
    • 1938: William Willmore Interviews
  • Loan Goddess Wisdom
    • Loan Disservice Parts One and Two
    • What would A. P. Giannini do?
    • Slouching toward 600
    • The REAL reasons for 2008 Meltdown
    • Wise Advice on Low Doc Loans
    • Truth In Lending's Little Lies
    • Wise Advice on Tenancies in Common
    • Why Your Loan Rate is Higher
    • Wise Advice on Reverse Mortgages
    • Wise Advice on Low Down Loans
    • 5 Do's and Don'ts for Loan Approval
    • Wise Advice on Credit Reports
  • Poems
  • Performances
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