Sally works the late shift at the counter, and more. She makes coffee, mops floors, stocks shelves and greets everyone warmly, even drunks that wander in at 2:00 a.m. Sally wears her name tag proudly and never complains.

What does she do between shifts? No one asks. No one cares.

Peter Blau believes everyone has a story to tell and in his teaching he invites students to tell those stories with their writing. His work has been featured in 50-Words as well as Academy of the Heart and Mind, Paragraph Plant, and Five-Minute Lit. Peter sees writing as more than just a means to an end, but It is the end in itself.