So, let's say you've got your eye on someone. She's pretty, she's funny, and most of all, she's smart. Sounds good, right? The only problem is, you don't stand a chance. Perhaps you lack social skills, or maybe you just don't think you are all that interesting. But fear not, because I'm here to offer you advice learned over a lifetime. Most of it earned the...
It was late when I arrived in Jersey. I was to meet a friend at a renaissance festival to be held at the Smithsonian in New York the following day. I decided to stop at a hotel near the G.W. Bridge, which crosses over into New York, for the night. I had the vallet take my things up to the room I purchased and headed to the hotel bar for a martini before turn...
I've previously shared something extraordinary I witnessed during a charity gala held at the museum at which I hold a very high position of authority. One of the gala attendees, who happens to be one of the most glamorous, lovely, and famous women in America, upon encountering a long queue at the ladies room, slipped out of the party and into an area of the...
Chapter 1: A temple priestess Anouk's initiation as a temple priestess This story is set around 5,000 years ago, in Babylonia. In pre-Christian times, just before the patriarchal Hebrews invaded places like Canaan, goddess worship was widespread and sex was connected to spirituality. Here, in Babylonia, sex is considered a sacred act to honour fertility....
Do you ever hear a piece of music, a song, or see a picture that is so beautiful it almost makes your heart break with the poignancy of it? Hallelujah came on the radio today, whilst I drove through damp green-grey fields and the limp winter hopelessness of the view combined with the music to create a great swell of achey sadness in me that rose up and cho...
"She said no." Alex didn't know who or what Steve was talking about; figuring maybe Steve has asked his girlfriend for head again. Alex flipped to the next page of his 120-page textbook "Art and Artists," as he took a sip from the Pepsi can resting on the pavement underneath his chaise lounge. "Michelle, I mean," Steve said. "She doesn't want to pose for y...
We did many things that managed to get ourselves into trouble; we did even more things that should have got ourselves into a spot of bother and didn't. We did get lucky; we got a lot of bollockings and "advice for the future" but we also got away with many more shenanigans than we were ever caught for. Alicia and I fed off each other; excitement and sillines...
Where do I start with this tale? Guess a little about myself and then a little history would be best. Okay, here goes. My name is Elizabeth, but most everyone calls me Beth. Except my husband of course, he likes to call me Liz. During the last 12 years of my life numerous men have told me I am attractive. They have continued to say that I have a certai...
Ch 2 – Continuing the takeover (Rhonen) At the urging of some readers, I've decided to write a sequel to the original story. Please feel free to comment on the story, and reply to me about your thoughts. I would love to correspond with you about what you liked or didn't like. Years before, a few survivors of a dying planet had sent out scouts to find a pla...
Chapter 32 Mystery Client The sound of Meka Okuda's squeaky office chair made my fillings ache. "You ever considered oiling that thing?" I complained. "Oiling what thing?" Meka asked absently as she worked on a drawing in her sketch book. The digital clock on a shelf near the door said that it was twenty minutes to noon, Li Hong would be here any moment...