Time's a running out! I'm not sure the exact minute the polls close, but I'm thinking we've got something like 24 hours in which to select the winning piece of writing. Links to the three, and the ballot box, are here:

Writing Contest

Enjoy!

Maria
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I keep traveling around a bend -- there was no beginning, there is no end.
It wasn't born and never dies. There are no edges, there is no size.
-- George Harrison