As I begin this account, let me say that it is all written in English even though many of the events transpired in French, the true language of love. A good friend of mine, Amy, runs a series of language immersion programs for college age students and adults. Some of the programs are tours abroad. Others are at a camp in the mountains that Amy leases durin...
I was glad to see that Kate and Keira's tent was pretty big. In fact it was big enough to stand up in, had an entrance porch, and might even have been bigger than our motorhome. Kate held open the flap at the front and saw me looking at the size of the tent. She said: "Keira's Dad bought it for her. Guess how long it took us to put it up?" "Bloody hours,...
Different adventures with very different tourists and students take place in France. A man trying to save his marriage vacations with his bitchy wife. A married woman strays while her husband travels. The third story involves an incestuous brother and sister and their tutor in Paris. These stories do include infidelity and incest so if as a reader that offen...
The characters in this story speak French most of the time although I have written their dialogue in English with only a very occasional French phrase for some degree of authenticity. I haven't studied French in forty years and apologize if I've gotten tense, gender, grammar or syntax wrong. Steve had just completed his freshman year of college. He was a vi...
King Edward stood watching from the rampart wall as the burghers of Calais approached escorted by his heralds and a detachment of men at arms. “Silly Burghers,” he said, more to himself than to his Queen. “Why are they silly?” she asked. “I think it is very noble of them to offer their lives for the lives of the townspeople.” “It would be, Phillippa – if...
CHAPTER 1 Claudette Jones was the only child of a Welsh solicitor and a French cabaret-singer-cum-goodtime girl who reformed at the time of marriage. Claudette had dark hair as a child but by the time she started high school she was a blonde and remained a blonde until she died tragically in 2005. The nature of her death at thirty would not have come as a...
The Blues It was May, near the end of the school year. Jean-Paul and the rest of the "French Teachers" would soon be going home, with only a few returning in the fall. None of the women I knew were planning to come back, and neither was Jean-Paul. To arrange for their return all the Teachers, with a few exemptions, gathered at the Department of Education in...
Ch. 17. - The BDSM Club. July 24th - the BDSM Club Plus Party and Joan Gets Forgiven. Tonight is a special night, at least for Sue and Joan. For Maria, it will be just another BDSM night at the club. We dress up as a Master and Mistress and await our subs for tonight. I purchased a three tailed whip which I'm going to test on Joan as her main punishment. I...
It was Christmas evening, and Suzy and I were spending it with her mother because Suzy's dad was out of town taking care of his sick father. I think Suzy's grandfather was dying, but Suzy'd never been close to him. So, we came over to keep her company. Tomorrow, we'd go visit my mom and dad. We were all in the living room drinking hot buttered rums, after w...
Author's note: It has been nearly a year and a half since my last submission, and over these past few months of idleness, I've been searching for some idea, some story line that would challenge me, and get me excited about writing again. I have about a dozen stories that I've started, but never got fired up over, so they sit in a file somewhere and will like...