Girls Just Want to Have Fun
A gaggle of teenagers stood in front of the Walnut Creek Cheesecake Factory as I slowly pulled past the crosswalk and parked. A boy in a varsity hoodie noticed my car and rushed over. “Uber?” he asked. I nodded. “Let me get my friends.” The kids parted as he walked a drunk girl to my…
Hit and Run
“You have arrived,” said the Uber app voice. “Your destination is on the right.” The map on my iPhone showed only coordinates. No physical address. I craned my neck, looking up and down the dark sidewalk. This was the part of Uber’ing that stressed me the most: finding the address and passenger without getting rear-ended,…
I Am Woman!
By Marie Estorge Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year. I love the excessive displays of twinkling lights and tacky lawn ornaments, the colorful presents with their hidden gems, or not, the merriment and the parties, the traditional songs even though I’m not religious, homemade beignets with my sons, and the plaid-skirted tree decorated…
Marie the Elder
I turned the corner of the hospital corridor and looked at the patient in the room where I was expecting to see my former mother-in-law. The white-haired woman who lay swaddled in bedding, surrounded by IV bags and equipment looked too old and emaciated to be Marie. I asked at the nurse’s station where I…
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About Me
Hi! I’m a member of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. My essays have appeared in numerous publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, East Bay Times, and Diablo Magazine. I have published two memoirs under the name Marie Etienne: Storkbites: A Memoir and Confessions of a Bi-Polar Mardi Gras Queen. I’m currently working on a 3rd memoir, Operation Sunflower. Thank you for visiting my website.
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