PLATO'S CAVE Small towns and small parishes are full of odd connections, and concepts acquire new descriptions in old places. For example, spiritual direction can take on a whole new meaning. . . The pungent, ammonia-laced aroma of disinfectant invaded my sinuses. It didn't matter that it was private hospital that catered to those accustomed to the best,...
Looking back now over several decades I wonder at how naïve, how innocent, most of us young people were, especially when it came to sex. For those who have been born since those days in the nineteen forties and fifties, you probably won't believe me when I say that at nineteen years of age I had never had a sexual intercourse. Nevertheless it is true, and it...
So much for sleep. Yawning quietly, Gavin Reese eased his arm out from under the spooning Asian beauty Vicki Chow. Sleeping so peacefully he didn't want to wake her. He had kept his word to come back after returning from the nightclub known as Barbarians in order to give her a promised massage. Discovering a trail of rose petals leading him to her bedroom,...
"So what did you think of my girls, Jailbate?" Gavin Reese sorting through old records to kill the boredom of a slow day, after the girls had left shrugs. "Different. Like I said earlier Pooki and Ho Nee shred on the guitars. I'm not tooting my own horn, but I could probably teach them a few things." Pinky resting her back against the display cases next to...
Life was good; I had fun with my children, I was reasonably secure financially, enjoyed my job at the school, and I suddenly had a far more interesting relaxation technique to 'deal with stress'. I had a reasonable social life based around lots of friends, many of which I'd got custody of after the break up -- which again I think says as much about Parker a...
Kate awoke around four in the morning to find Jim's side of the bed empty. Having the need to go herself, Kate went to the most logical place first, the bathroom.....no, he wasn't there. Next she went downstairs to check the kitchen to see if Jim was having a snack in the middle of the night as he often does. When Kate walked into the kitchen Jim was stand...
Tuesday. Noon crept around stealthily. That, or certain tenants of the Brownstone, affectionately called Angelica House, without a sign saying so, were just really wiped out tired. Angelica having been the name of Naomi Carpenter's late great Grandmother, last name Bishop. A very biblical name without a religious influence. Still, a very good woman in her d...
Christmas Day Once the turkey was washed, stuffed with sage and onion and wrapped in foil, and all the veg prepped, the four had sat around chatting on the sofa until just after midnight, when Daniel noticed that Marina was getting tired. "Come on, it is time we all went to bed," he said, "I'll turn the oven on now, on a low setting and let us get some sle...
Chapter 30 Sigourney It was Marco Abernathy, the huge, by that I mean, tall, and I mean he was a 6' 10" basketball player who had made All America Honorable Mention last year that persuaded me to go to the fraternity party. I like to party, don't get me wrong. But this type party usually sucks. It turned out I was right about that, but I'll always be grat...
There is a sex scene that I hope will not disappoint. But this chapter is more focused moving the story forward than on eroticism. This is the twelfth chapter in the series. Please see my profile for the proper reading sequence. ***** I puzzled over Mike's request to the point I had trouble sleeping and to distraction during the day. I had few responsibi...