Let me tell you about the fascinating woman I met at the dog park the other day. She was sitting on a bench under an oak tree. Our dogs became fast friends and as they tore around the park chasing each other, I sat next to her. The first thing I noticed she was wearing the flag of a person who is receiving chemo, of course I mean the bandanna tied around her...
It was early September 2012 and New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless was in Los Angeles filming her guest role in season 5 of the NBC show "Parks and Recreation." A happy actress, she was a big fan of the show and had seen almost every episode. On the show she played Diane Lewis, a middle school vice principal and single mom of two girls. Of all the characters L...
She came to me as a friend. As the friend of a daughter of a friend, really. I am a professor of economics at a second (or third) tier university in western Canada. I am divorced, my children are adults, and I traverse my middle age years alone (even living alone in a condominium row house). I am fit, despite my years, though not the athlete I once was. I...
Friday Submerged beneath the water, I heard screaming. I planted my feet on the floor of the pool and stood. "Sandy?" A woman called out. The sun's rays warmed my upper body as I felt water repel down my torso. I pulled my goggles off and squinted in the sunlight. Near the swinging gate to my, well, my parent's, technically, near their gate I could make o...
Denise watched as the timer on the treadmill counted down the last few seconds of her workout. She loved these early morning workouts with the other mothers from the school parent's council. It fit nicely between dropping the kids off at school and the hectic schedule of the day's activities. Just as Denise stopped, and wiped the sweat from her brow with a...
The following is based on true events and real people. The basis for this remembrance is true, however, I have expanded on the events somewhat to represent some of my own fantasy and desires... and yes, maybe even some of my own perversions. Hopefully this expanded reality will make this story more interesting and entertaining. _____________________________...
Chapter 1: Planning My wife Dhara and I had organized the Earth Day event over several months. I should say that she had done most of the work. All of the plans were in place well in advance, but we fine-tuned them often as a new idea crept into our minds, or an adjustment had to be made because of logistics or a change in need due to weather, erosion or a...
Chapter 13. 'Miss Butt-Slut.' Angel's Wand Raid. Blen meets the President. Typhoon Cimaron. Bombs? Stag Night Party. Miss Butt-Slut and the Masters of Uranus. In mid-evening, there was an alarm. Near the top of Fields Ave, there had been a raid. Angel's Wand was sealed off by police, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. Mama quickly enforced strict ad...
"How does that feel, sweetheart?" Sam's muscles undulated under my touch like waves in the ocean. This was the second time I had given him a real massage, and I could tell that it was long overdue. He was just as stiff as before—maybe even more. My slender but strong fingers kneaded and pushed against him, relieving him of all that tension. His body lay co...
This was a moment both long overdue and one that came out of nowhere. For six years I'd worked on the show Parks and Recreation, with production on the final season beginning today. I had been exploring the old sets after the first day was finished, including Leslie Knope's - a.k.a. Amy Poehler's - old parks department office. It was a nostalgic trip that...