I caught Tye looking at me with 'that' look, a couple of weeks later, in the late afternoon. Good God, wasn't the man getting enough, already. Not that I minded it twice a day or so. But I knew that he was pretty fucked out just now, so I just sorta came over to tease. My way; my new way. That is, sling one leg over his knees, so that I crawled up on his lap...
It's not pleasant growing old. They tell you when you retire from work that you can relax into your twilight years, and see out your days in peace and tranquillity. Well, I'm – let's say 70-something – now, and ever since I left the job I'd loved for over 40 years, lecturing in Classical Mythology at Girton College, Cambridge, my life has been in a constant...
This morning Hug Beaumont, the local TV weatherman stood in front of his blue screen and reported the local weather for mid July in Marston Hill, Nebraska, my home town. Hugh was entirely too cheery at 7 a.m. His bald dome reflected the studio’s light and he was wearing a lime green suit and a green tie so dark it was nearly black. He said the local temperat...
The first in the Loraine Goes To College Series She walked into his classroom for the first time and was smitted. He wasn't an attractive man, but there was something that drew her to him. It could have been the way he made her feel important, it could have been his intelligence, or it could have been his devil may care attitude. Whatever it was, it turned...
High noon of the twentieth day of the month of the goddess Juno in the Roman year 701 was brightly sunny and dry under a celestial blue sky. Lisinia brought her young son, Valens, to the servant's quarters of the latifundium owned by the Solinus gens, the wealthiest patrician clan in Tivoli. Lisinia introduced the boy to Oliva, the toothless and round-belli...
She had hoped that some time away at this lively, deluxe resort would offer her the opportunity that she needed and craved. Not even able to remember the last time she had been away from her demanding job in the intense corporate world of banking, she was determined that the physical void in her life would finally be filled. Her position gave her money and...
I watched as the sun peaked it's brilliant orange head up over the horizon. I marveled at the colors of the sky, all the reds, purples, and blues indicating the dawning of a new day. I hadn't been able to sleep in days, and the only thing that had kept me going was to watch the sunrise as I sat on my front porch, a cup of coffee in hand, and a notebook on...
It had been a busy two weeks in Berlin. There had been the time in the booth at the convention center, the private conferences, and the parties that I was required to attend. There were sales quotas to make, customers problems to solve. Through it all, I was always on guard to project the proper company image. "Friendly, yes, but I won't fuck you", as I joki...
Lowton was one of those of those towns that liked to pretend it had once seen better days. Anyone who knew anything of the place knew that the better days never came. The stone wall was never finished, not that it would have stood up to much. Ivy and other vines had overgrown most of the buildings there. With a good number of houses abandoned, smugglers and...
I'm a good man. Never do anything wrong. Live by a simple code: do what's right. I go to church five times a year. Christmas, Easter, the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and the day my wife died. But when Solar asked me to train her for the Olympics, I had to take pause and think about my moral stance on such a thing. You see, Solar is just eighteen to my fort...