October 27, 2025
“Hi honey, what are we doing?”
“It’s Halloween, Mom.” I hand her a Hello Kitty headband with ears — pink of course. “Cool!” she says and puts it on.
August 17, 2025
“If you got gas to get to Milton, you could go see my friend Clara. I was talking to her on the phone yesterday. She was thinking about how to get more business — she has a flower shop. Business isn’t great, so she was thinking about selling in other places, but she can’t leave the shop.
August 16, 2025
Ricky Riley and Frank L’Heureux left first in the Malibu and the others got into the truck and headed for the job, the wipers thumping as […]
July 28, 2025
The creature jumped onto a chair, then the table. Mop and broom wailed away. Chairs toppled. A basket flew in the air, sending napkins everywhere.
June 20, 2025
The storm’s coming was awful enough. The cherries would be ripening in a few short days, and the last thing they needed in this moment was too much water. But I couldn’t do anything about it. It would pass and leave whatever wreckage it chose to leave and I’d clean up as best I could.