Six Sentences

I have been fortunate to have two submissions published on the Six Sentences Website:

Learning to be happy.

The Most Influential Dog Ever.

Here is a sample of my contributions to the Six Sentences social network.

A Lesson in Cartography

Andy Magellan was the seventh son of the seventh son of the prodigal son, and like his forefathers toiled away in the family cartography business. What’s a boy to do when all the earth has been discovered, measured, and charted? Andy went to the company safe and withdrew the sacred quill and the final, antiquated sheet of vellum.

He sat at a draughtsmans table as old as time itself and drew a map of the family estate, carefully surrounding it with stylized waves, a mermaid, and a simple arrow labeled ‘N’ for North. In the middle of this new ocean, he drew a large island, and christened it Andropolus.

That afternoon Andrew tossed a full backpack into a small wooden dinghy at the edge of the Magellan estate and rowed steadily, the ocean air christening his lungs as the white beaches and swaying palms of Andropolus beckoned him forward.

Rhymes with…
“How ’bout Curious George?”
“Close, but not quite,” Parker’s mother replied while scooping up and shuffling her lost game of solitaire.

“Okay, then, umm….Porridge! Porridge rhymes.”
“Well, it’s a better one that Curious George but no, it doesn’t really rhyme.”

“All these words –” Parker slapped his hand on the open dictionary, “there’s gotta be one that rhymes with orange, and I’m going to find it.” Sipping her wine, she fondly recalled the days before words, when it was all simple things like fire trucks and scary monsters.