For Pete's Sake—Enough with winter, already!
Snow. Seriously. Two weeks ago, I was sitting out on the deck soaking up some sun and yesterday, we flew into St. Louis from Napa Valley,...
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Tracy Broemmer
- Feb 23
- 3 min
Are You Still Watching...
Before this pandemic locked the world down and changed so much, I wouldn’t have considered myself much of a TV watcher. True, I had a...
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Tracy Broemmer
- Jan 2
- 2 min
2021~*whew*
Happy New Year! I’m so glad 2020 is behind us, although starting 2021 with an ice storm wasn’t really my idea of a great way to start the...
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Tracy Broemmer
- Nov 18, 2020
- 5 min
Three Weeks...
So. I’m not good at grief. No one is, right? I know that. And no one wants to be good at it, because no one wants to experience it. The...
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Tracy Broemmer
- Oct 5, 2020
- 1 min
Dead & Gone
A tear slides off her cheek, as she packs away their lives. She wraps the china in paper, in the box next to the knives. Just across the...
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Tracy Broemmer
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Christmas in July...
Just kidding. But, now that i have your attention for a few minutes... Just wanted to check in, since I’ve sort of been AWOL out here...
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Tracy Broemmer
- May 14, 2020
- 4 min
Streetlights
“You comin’, Dawson?” The hallway is loud with the sounds of students jostling backpacks as they head out of the room, the heavy door...
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Tracy Broemmer
- May 9, 2020
- 4 min
Chaste
You bleed dark crimson. Your blood has stained my hands. They’ve whisked you away to stitch the gaping hole in your side, but they leave...
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Tracy Broemmer
- Apr 24, 2020
- 3 min
Caller ID
Seemed like the worst of the storm had passed. Janelle had been sitting on the couch for nearly a half hour. With the power out, she had...
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Tracy Broemmer
- Mar 11, 2020
- 3 min
Shandy & Ian
Shandy wears her unruly red curls in a messy braid down her back. It stops a few inches above her waistline. She’s not wearing a belt,...
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Tracy Broemmer
- Feb 28, 2020
- 2 min
Fiction Writer...Not a Blogger
I’m a writer. I’ve been a writer since I was in fifth grader. Tried not to be—I went to college and majored in Political Science and...
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