November 6, 2020
Tomorrow, I’m going to paint my toenails fuchsia, bright and cheerful. I set aside my boots and pretend I’m sinking my feet into beach sand. One […]
May 16, 2020
Bundled in oversized sweats, I was being walked up the street by my daughter’s toy poodle, Bentley. Bentley was the unofficial neighborhood ambassador and alarm clock. […]
October 27, 2019
Big Baz looked me in the eye like ‘so what I stole your phone. What are you going to do about it?’ “I haven’t seen your phone o. But if you want to buy a phone, take your pick.”
August 2, 2019
Glancing at her nurse’s aid, the octogenarian clucked her tongue in disapproval, ‘That’s what she does all day. Head bowed as in prayer, eyes glued to […]
May 1, 2019
Gbum! Yeepah! Bolting upright, I looked across the room at Benji. In the dim light of dawn, Benji’s form lay still in his twin bed across […]
June 2, 2018
“Jump the crate! Jump the crate,” I said. But the foolish boy let the soldier fall and die. “PHUNnnn.” Then his mother frowned at me and […]