The Visit
(best read aloud)
Maggie wandered round the town
Saw the sights both up and down,
Wondered at some things she found
Lying ‘round upon the ground;
Knotted bags upon the ground
Like presents waiting to be found.
Neat and tidy, nothing amiss,
She pondered: what ritual is this?
As she pondered more on this
She suddenly gave a squealing hisssss;
She’d stepped on a bag unseen,
One colored vegetation green.
With a spin away from the green –
And hoping she’d remained unseen! –
She saw her steps were smeared with IT,
Smelly, goopy dog shit!
Diary of an August Invasion
August 6
Erin agrees these 3 are the roommates from hell. Hello! rent is due on the 1st and mid-week parties until 2am?!
August 10
Started a blackberry ferment today. Step one of: Invasion of the Eek.
August 15
Fruit flies now here. First eek comment. Next blackberry ferment begun.
August 21
Third blackberry ferment started. Roommates mad at growing fruit fly cloud. “Eek! Eek! Eek!” they shriek, shriek, shriek.
September 10
T moved in with some dude. L’s with them. S is hanging tough but Erin and I just talk of new ferments we want to do and make the blackberry.
September 24
S is gone. Bottled all the blackberry drink.
September 28
Toasted the dying fruit flies and our freedom with the blackberry all day. Mandy & Carmen will move in Oct 1st.
Thank you mighty cloud!
Recipe for the Blackberry Ferment Drink in PDF.
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There are 6 stories total in this bookmark collection, titles below; only 2, obviously, were posted online. The PDF with all the stories is available below, as are terms and permissions related to printing the PDF (they are short).
- Let Us Grow!
- In the name of Decency
- Diary of an August Invasion (plus the Blackberry Ferment Recipe)
- To Taste
- A Mix (best read aloud)
- The Visit (best read aloud)
Create A Bookmark
All 6 stories below can be printed together onto one 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper and folded into a bookmark; hence the name: Bookmark Stories. Instructions and the printable PDF are below.
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Last Updated September 15, 2023
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Instructions To Fold Bookmark
- hold the 8.5″ ends of the sheet of paper in your hands
- place the side with “Bookmark Stories #1” face down on a flat surface making sure the words “Bookmark Stories” is by your left hand
- take the side by your right hand and fold, corner to corner, to the left hand side of the paper
- make sure the crease is strongly pressed in
- again fold from right to left matching up the corners
- fold the crease in strongly
- flip over and the front of the bookmark will be in your hand (you may need to turn it right side up)
Crisis Comic 