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  • Phone Runner

    The crowd-in-a-box jerked into silence when the shrill squeal pierced their ears. Read more

  • Welcome Back

    No. I’d been gone four days, strangers had been in to feed him, and he needed cream now.  Read more

  • Skipping Stones

    Bart Goins, ten-year-old, Davis Lake Rock skipping champion has been suspected of cheating. Read more

  • Reflection

    Susan would have been hot anywhere, anytime, wearing anything, with or without the fan. Read more

  • Bring it

    Is it terrible that I look for her obituary on a regular basis? Read more

  • Lucid Dreaming…with a few corrections

    Will stole their words and actions for his newest play. Bad juju. Bad, bad juju for Will.  Read more


  • Patience of the trees

    I grew up on a dirt road with quiet skies and darkened rooms where there was one light in the center of the room and two table lamps, a luxury beside a rocking chair and one end of the couch for reading. The kitchens had a dim bulb in the middle as did the bedrooms.…

  • Message

    I’ve been to two funerals this week. Two uncles, one from my dad, one from my mom. Dad’s brother had  a military funeral, Mom’s brother had a Masonic funeral. The military funeral had a twenty-one gun salute at the end of it. The Masons chanted and made hand signals. Both were dignified and sent the…

  • A path through the woods

    There were  hundreds of acres to explore and I suppose we stepped through all of them. We walked through the woods for miles, following each other. The path was the one we created, or sometimes the deer or both. They are creatures of habits, the same as we. We had no place in mind to…

  • First Memories

    I have two distinct memories before I could walk. The first one was being held in my uncle’s arms and reaching for my mother. I loved my uncle Paul as much as any six or seven month old can love another human being who’s around all the time. But I remember throwing my body towards…

  • Winter is…is not

    Cold…killing cold.