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The Peach/El durazno – a poem in English and Spanish

Poetry, Spanish, Writing November 13, 2025December 30, 2023 by Tom Chester

I wrote this poem in Spanish and then in English. I ask those whose ability in Spanish is greater than mine to forgive my errors. … Read more

Neckties – a poem

Poetry, Writing December 30, 2023 by Tom Chester

I began this poem more than a decade ago and have revised it several times since, including an earlier version I posted here a few … Read more

Fiction for a change — “A Small, Blue Flower”

Fiction, Writing May 6, 2024January 23, 2023 by Tom Chester

On a car trip recently, I stopped for the night at a collection of motels, gas stations, and restaurants next to the Interstate—the sort of … Read more

Bequest

Best of Turnstone, Life, Writing August 17, 2024March 7, 2022 by Tom Chester

While composing the letter to my daughters that appears elsewhere on turn-stone.com, I had some ideas that I felt were more elegantly expressed in verse … Read more

More on writing a blog

Of the Moment, Writing August 21, 2021 by Tom Chester

I started this blog in 2017 as a way to publish my writing, if only for a small audience on the internet. I greatly enjoy … Read more

Assault on clear thinking

Oddments, Writing November 6, 2021August 21, 2021 by Tom Chester

I first encountered “Politics and the English Language” by George Orwell in a composition class as a first-semester freshman at the University of Oklahoma. Being … Read more

Challenges of writing a blog

Writing January 11, 2023August 10, 2021 by Tom Chester

Writing is almost always difficult for me. I read once that writing is nature’s way of showing you how muddled your thinking is. How true. … Read more