A Smile

Where it came from, I had no way of knowing. Perhaps it crawled up from the stream below my house. … More

It’s Wednesday, it’s raining, and the dog needs to go out.

Billie – I’ll call her Billie – sings her soft blues now,not a bark or a howl, but a throaty, … More

Adopted 15 months ago by completechance meeting. A Humane Society rescuefrom an abusive environment, she’s alwaysthere for me, my baby … More

Returning, your tongue must be hung on a coat hook, your language each evening left skewered at the door, as … More

The clock above his computer was a big one. Its tick, tick, tick could be ignored some nights, but not … More