Monthly Archives: March 2025

Miss Alma Milligan Visits MacQueen’s Quinterly

Have you ever met someone like Miss Alma Milligan? My high school history teacher was the inspiration. Though she grew up in the city and was sophisticated and traveled all summer every summer, the basic nature and character of my teacher found its way into this character.

Huge thanks to Editor-in-Chief Clare MacQueen for publishing this monologue micro. Feel free to use this micro for your acting auditions, just give me credit when appropriate :).

http://www.macqueensquinterly.com/MacQ27/Castle-Miss-Alma.aspx?fbclid=IwY2xjawJO70JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWyS9LZcXKry-v8dChpzuQegdKA5b7kX0YWjjDeeNLceV5PV4qxviiVgCQ_aem_bdwSBO8FEMcX5MsMafOANw

Completely free clipart of a hen.

 

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Five Things You Never Knew About Me

I started writing this blog over 12 years ago. Some of you might remember me back then. But the blog has new readers and even with 12 years I think there are things I’ve never talked about. So here are FIVE THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT ME.

  1. When I was ten, my brownies won a blue ribbon at the county fair.

  2. I’m not that great at sports, but I used to love water skiing and cross-country skiing.

  3. I don’t drink coffee, and that seems to be a genetic anomaly because my aunt and my uncle are the same.

  4. When my kids were young, I got them to clean the kitchen floor by letting them slide across the floor with a bucket and rags.

  5. My favorite movie is Babe. My second favorite is Beetlejuice (the original one). #3 is Sitting Pretty (1948). #4 is Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948). I love the Batman movies. Lots of Bs there!

Seriously, if you’ve never seen those two 1948 movies you are really missing some hysterical comedy.

Tag, you’re it. What are five things I don’t know about you?

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Scenic Writer’s Shack First Place Story

If you read Scenic Writer’s Shack you know the site just sponsored a writing contest.

I’m THA-RILLED to report that my story won first place!

The contest rules included writing about a refrigerator delivery.  What a fun assignment.

We Have a Winner!

 

brunette looking out of wooden old doors

Photo by Vika Kirillova on Pexels.com

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“Amniotic Fluid” Published by WENSUM

This story was so difficult to write. I agonized over it, rewriting it again and again. Here is the finished project. It was inspired by a weather event in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on May 13, 1980. Hope you like this story! A huge thank you to Editor David Sexton and the wonderful journal WENSUM.

Amniotic Fluid by Luanne Castle

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