"We aim to acquire common sense manners," the teacher explained to Vince. "Sometimes it just becomes a wrestling match. U"She put a towel under a boy at the top of the slide so his his clothes wouldn't get wet. The…

Vince landed a summer job assisting a kindergarten class of children who were labeled autism spectrum, severe. At his interview, the mayor's youth employment task force had asked whether he had experience with young children. "I have a sister who's…

When Peter died we all that Mary wouldn’t be far behind, they were so bonded to each other. They’d married very young and would have married even younger if their parents hadn’t insisted that they at least finish high school…

the dry stale heat is a comfort. she turns the key but doesn’t let the air start up. a free sauna, she laughs, then exhales, letting her back melt into the seat.

[continuing a story about an aimless grad student and her wealthy friend. They are currently at the friend's lake front house at Lake Tahoe and have just come back from a boat ride.] Jana catches up to me on the…

For years , born into decades, Paul felt like home to me. There is no other way to describe it: Paul felt like home, was my home, and for decades I relied on him to make my life seem as…

This morning I woke up under the awning of an olive tree south of Heraklion deep in the mountains. I don't have a paint brush so instead I dip a branch of an olive into the thick grounds of coffee…

Robots For the first time in my life today I wished I had a robot. The one I saw was in Poland, it looked like something along the Tin Man/R2D2 model, not too big but definitely human shaped-ish. They use…

I have no idea what I offered Gwen. Maybe I was someone in her life more levelheaded. I was definitely capable to of doing things none of her friends liked to do - for example, riding 50 miles through the…

The moment we walked into apartment #1904 at 88 Howard Street SF, and saw the spectacular view of the Bay, the Ferry Building, and the Embarcadero, we both exclaimed out loud “ Wow”… and I knew I had to live…

My friend Keith smiled at Kenji, "Congratulations, you won out over the horse." Congratulations were in order because a couple days before, Kenji had called to ask if I'd like to go white water rafting with him. I was on…

We debated which flights would make the most sense with work and hit purchase. With one commitment, we were free to dream. "What should we eat for dinner?" It didn't matter what we ate that night because the tickets turned…