Bob’s alarm jerked him out of a bad dream. When he opened his eyes, he was saved from a grand … More
Month: August 2022
Introspection Dialogue
You look at me as if what you seeshould make you mean something moreto you than what you are. I … More
Wisconsin Romance
I know after the misty cranberry bogsof an early Minnesota morning, drivingeast at first light, Wisconsin’s waitingfor me, the way … More
The Flu
The pain splatters my skin like the firstmonster drops of rain before the torrents.It happened so fast, I thought my … More
The second chapter of my second memoir is now available on the Kindle Vella platform.
Doris
Adopted 15 months ago by completechance meeting. A Humane Society rescuefrom an abusive environment, she’s alwaysthere for me, my baby … More
Carpool
I’m not sure why you and I called it a carpool. It wasjust we two, and I always drove. There … More
Puzzling
She turns both the box cover and bottom over, taps themon the coffee table, asks me did I hide the … More
Soundproof
For the first two years in Madison, I live in Susan Bradford Hall. It’s on Greek Row. Once a dorm … More
New Ways To Love
Sarah’s grave looks new, well newer, and spreads outto a green grass field, the unfilled spaces for future use,to be … More
Covid, I tell you, too sick to write. But I think I’m back. This draft is called “King of the Lily Pond”
Ed reads the draft of his story. It’s about Joe, his oldest cousin, tall and broad, much more so than … More