It was just another relatively quiet Christmas. The snow is slowly piling higher and higher, causing chaos with the unprepared commuters who slip their way to see family or friends. The cold air seems to penetrate your thick Parker coat no matter how tightly you wrap yourself inside it. "Only another five minutes", you tell yourself as you stride p...
In 2001, my grandfather died at the age of eighty. His name was Miguel Martinez, but everybody called him "Mike." That's what people call me, too, and always have, although my own given name is "Michael." I didn't know Grandpa Mike well, but since I was his closest surviving relative, I was named executor of his estate. You've met Mike if you've read the s...
Halloween 2015. I'm guessing it'll go down in my memory banks as the best one ever. It'll certainly be hard to top, that's for sure. It's a pretty good story if you've got a few minutes. I'll try and keep it short and sweet so you can get on with your day. ***** A friend of mine asked me if I wanted to go out Halloween night. There's a live music club that...
"For Emily wherever I may find her...." - Paul Simon My two-year-old granddaughter, Emily, cried for a while, refusing to go to sleep. Finally she wiped her nose on my shirt, rested her head on my shoulder and dozed off in my arms after her "terrible twos" tantrum. Putting up with a cranky baby is just one of the joys of being a solo baby-sitting grandparen...
It was last summer and I decided to stay at my condo and take a couple of classes rather than head home like the rest of my roommates had done. My dad was worried that his 21 year old girl wouldn't be safe, especially knowing that an extra room was to be built on in July. When the construction started in late June, the first week saw only two gentlemen doing...
Alex looked at her reflection in the mirror, wondering if she had overdone it. She had called Clara last minute to get some tips at applying makeup. Alex thought she looked pretty good if she did say so herself. Getting up, Alex smoothed down the curve clinging dress and let out a breath. She couldn't believe she was nervous. Well yes, this was the first tim...
Jack's youth had been a funny thing; he had left school at sixteen; he was now twenty-two and a multi-millionaire. His grandfather had been an incredible influence in Jack's life; his grandfather was a very successful businessman, his interests were varied, the business closest to his grandfather's heart was his Antique business and his Auction House. He als...
Thanks as always to my Sweet Inspiration blackrandl1958 for her guidance and of course her editing. * Nathan woke up in a cold sweat. He had the dream again. THAT dream. The endless lines of grey people: men, women, children, shuffling past, casting their accusing looks at him. He was frozen in place, unable to turn away, as they moved past, gradually...
THIS IS A PARODY...IT IS FICTION...IT IS NOT REAL *** Beyoncé decided she needed a break from all the stress she dealt with in her professional life. She secretly had fantasized about being a dominatrix for years. Interracial, Bondage and S&M porn always turned her on immensely, so she decided to open up her very own, very exclusive, Interracial S&M club....
"Can you tell me how he is? Will he be alright?" Stephen was driving a bit too quickly down the road, with Grace in the passenger seat. Shortly after receiving his mother's call, they fully dressed and were out the door, making the short trip out to the hospital. "He's.. in a lot of pain," said Grace, slowly, with a fearful expression on her face. "Is he...