I did not know that I could have blizzard conditions in July. I did not know that the fire lookout would be locked and that…

Rock, powerful, strong, throw a rock and I can hurt my big sister. Heart, young heart, a sniffle, man, gets in the way. Too much…

Every day when I hike on that ridge trail in the woods, the same one usually, things change. More trilliums have bloomed, the gorgeous three…

Lizette was so nervous that she got to the restaurant uncharacteristically early, then walked around the block, smoked a menthol cigarette which made her gag…

[Ongoing story of two brothers. Here is James, the one trying to solve their father's murder.] The detective leads me into the interview room and…

Hindsight, they say, is 20/20. Foresight? Not so much. Sometimes I think we humans can't see past the end of our noses. The pandemic is…

Have you ever been asked: “What’s your married name? What’s your maiden name? How can they be the same?” This question seems so ludicrous. It…

The phrase “being human” is one more example of the dumbing down of our culture. It makes my blood boil, which I suppose is an…

The canoe rental place was by the Mohawk River in Rexford, New York. Cliff had such Chutzpah, I couldn't believe it. When the guy said,…

I have an invisibility cloak. I don’t want it, I didn’t choose it for myself and I don't know where to return it. Nevertheless, I…

San Francisco - 1966 Ten-year-old Julia rounded the corner of Irving Street and Third Avenue. First, she stopped to peek and make sure David O'Leary…

It is said that we are most like our cousins, the Bonobo monkeys. If we look at films of Bonobo monkeys, what do we see?…