Neighborhood pond.
Ice skaters joyfully gliding,
Laughing at frozen winter.
Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories and poems have appeared in over two-hundred online and print publications. His short story “Aliens” has been nominated by The Zodiac Press for the 2021 Pushcart Prize. His collection of short stories Resilience is scheduled to be published in early 2021 by Bridge House Publishing and Short Stuff a collection of his flash fiction and drabbles will be published by Chapeltown books in 2021. In addition Something Better, a dystopian adventure, will be published by Paper Djinn Press in early 2021. All of his stories can be found on his blog: www.theviewfromlonglake.wordpress.com.
Love it, Jim!
Hi Ella!! Great to see you here! Thank you so much.😃
Amazing haiku’s from Jim Bates. Another beautiful picture. Nice job, Jim!
Oh, Dawn, you are so kind!! Thank you so much!😃👍
Short & sweet! Love it! It’s what I do everyday now, because it’s good exercise & fun, too.
Hi Tom! Thank you so much. Everyone should know that this was inspired by our skating outings together. Here’s to many more!! 🙂