Light. Bright yellow light and the scent of flowers filled her available senses. Shandi swallowed dryly and blinked, jumping at the feel of another's touch, warm hands pressing something into her palm. "Good morning, Mrs. Colvin." The hands removed themselves from her, the soothing voice moving away along with them. She watched the woman move toward the wi...
Going in the empty house was a little nostalgic. My grandparents had lived in this home for seventy years. They had been gone only three months, it was my first time to come inside. Opening the door the odors immediately took me to a child again. The lemon smell almost caused me to cry. Starch, cleanliness engulfed my senses. I was there to gather a few thi...
The summer of 1973 was to be my last year delivering the morning newspaper, a job that didn't pay much but was better than nothing for a high school student. Since I was going off to college in the fall The Schenectady Gazette would have to find another desperate for cash kid to pedal around the rural roads of Duanesburg, New York in rain, sleet, snow and co...
Authors Note: part 2 will contain details from a Doctor Who book titled "Doctor Who Touched by an Angel. The details will be a name of the main character. "What just happened?" asked John. After Clara introduced John and Sherlock to the doctor so that they would become acquainted. "Whoever that was just got sent back in time everyone in the TARDIS quic...
The following story is true and occurred in Eastern Alabama several years ago. I had been dating a girl, Sue whom was obsessive about having status in a group that I was in by "invitation only." Sue loved the fine things that this status brought her and would do anything to retain this status. Unfortunately, at one of the get-togethers, I over heard her say...
NOTES My name is Barbara McPherson, and I'm here in this Starbucks Coffee Shop to meet with Nancy Roberts, my father's former home health nurse. Dad passed away last month, and Mom has been gone for about a year. I was already sitting at a table with my coffee when I saw Nancy come in. I waved and she waved back, and then went to the counter to order her...
"Is there any chance you could come home a little early tonight, honey?" When he asked why, I responded, "No particular reason. I'm just hoping to get a little extra time with you tonight." He paused, considering both the words and the subtly playful tone of my voice, and agreed to take the early train, unsure of my true motives. When my son awoke from his...
Who in their right mind puts a 24-hour fitness center in a retirement community? I've questioned it since I started working here three months ago. The community organizer was looking for someone to work the night shift full-time and I needed the money. As much as I hated working all night, I didn't mind working the shift alone. I'm more of the quiet type, no...
The following is a story that took place in 1981. I had turned eighteen at the time. Looking back being a young man growing in the eighties things were simpler that they are now and we were naive and trusting without considering malicious out-comings of meeting total strangers on the road. Now a days being a 55 year old man with grown up children, I would co...
The Perseid meteor shower happens every summer from mid-July to mid-August. At its peak you can see as many as 60 shooting stars per hour between midnight and dawn, especially in rural areas of north America where light pollution doesn't wash away the dark. The meteorites are actually small dust particles left behind from the tail of the Swift-Tuttle Comet...