Divorce isn’t easy under the best of circumstances. And for both Larry and Karen the circumstances were probably as good as it gets. Larry was forty when he and his wife Ellen split up. It wasn’t a good marriage from the get-go. They were too … [Read more...]

This is a story about my death. Maybe someday someone will write about my life, (though I doubt it) but today I’m writing about my death and what happened after. My name is Rosa Lopez and I was making empanadas when I died. It was a heart attack, … [Read more...]

Laila Simpson felt like she was all alone in the world. She was farther from the truth than she could ever know. Alone? Who is alone in a world teeming with people? Who is alone on this Earth where creatures and critters crawl and fly? Who is … [Read more...]

He was just a little boy, on a week's first day. He was wandering home from Sunday School, and dawdling on the way. He scuffed his shoes into the grass; he found a caterpillar. He found a fluffy milkweed pod, and blew out all the "filler." A … [Read more...]

  There once was an angel named Speedy who bragged about how fast she could fly. She flitted here and there, doing her heavenly duties in record time. Tired of hearing her boast, an angel called Slow and Steady, challenged her to a race. All the … [Read more...]

Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. As if life were a progressive and cunning crime with no witness to the tiny hidden transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely, even you, at … [Read more...]

They called us elderly, but the joke is on them. We are two young lovers carrying our secret with pride and a touch of attitude. Jack and I met thirty years ago, neither of us were looking. We just finished school and we were starting our careers. … [Read more...]

Neither one cared much for the other. But the two sisters did love each other - as siblings mostly do. Lenore was the practical one. She was solid, trustworthy, and frugal. Marilyn was a dreamer; unpredictable and unreliable. Yet, it was Marilyn … [Read more...]

WALK IN THE WOODS A bike can only get you so far. Maggie had an urge - no a craving – no - a whole-hearted desire to go to the woods. She loved the open field at the entrance of her suburban sub division, but that day it wasn’t enough. It felt … [Read more...]