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  • Romantic Interlude

    “We belong together, Cynthia. I’ll be gentle with you forever. I will keep you safe even in your dreams.” Read more

  • Tanning Mission

    No time share was worth freezer burn… Read more

  • The Lionel and Berny

    Finally, after all these years, the “Lionel and Berny,” an intimate bowl of a theatre would open. Read more

  • Dear Creativity

    Not everyone dreams of living in a mansion with granite. Some of us dream of a house with an old stone wall. Read more

  • Duty

    “I am a Goddess, worship me.” I said. Read more

  • Fire Wall

    Squatch stunk like he hadn’t been crawdad fishing in months. Read more


  • 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.

  • The Last of the Three Wishes

    The genie granted me three wishes and of course the first two came true in a blaze of glory. He told me to be wise with my wishes and I felt that I was, foolishment was meant for sissies, I wanted all my wishes to mean something. To be granted wishes was nothing to sneeze…