On the third day of our Jamaican vacation, my wife and I woke early so that we could have a bit of time together in the bay before beginning our scuba diving course. One of the great things about the resort we were at was that almost all of the activities were free, including the scuba diving lessons. Neither my wife nor I had done anything like that, so we...
Monday evening, after dinner, at our house: "Honey, we need to talk." Are there worse words for a husband to hear? Can't be many. My first thought: what have I screwed up recently? I mean, seriously screwed up. All husbands screw up all the time, but it usually takes a fairly serious screw up for the dreaded words to come out. Anyway: "Ok, dear, now?" "Y...
The lighting in the room was perfect, not dark enough so I couldn't see, but warm, cosy and sexy. Heather had lit candles around the room, lighting the bed with a warm orange glow. The deep orange light danced with the shadows on the wall, the feint crackling of the candles burning. I walked over to the balcony door searching for my treasure when I heard a v...
During his lunch break the next day, Rick took a ladder from work and used it to reach the videocam that the dive shop monitor was connected to. Technically it belonged to the city. They had it on the island website as a tourist attraction, and he hoped he wouldn't get into trouble for malfeasance. He reached up and rapped on it a couple times with his knuck...
The next day we woke to the phone ringing. Lisa jumped up to answer it saying it was the airline. Thank God, I thought. Now I can get my stuff back. I walked over to the phone forgetting that I was naked. I was just excited that they had found my bag. After a couple of minutes trying to understand the guy’s broken English, he seemed to be saying he wasn't su...
"How would you like to increase your breath holding times from a measly 1 minute to 5 minutes or more? With the Julie Wilson Breath Holding Course you will join a growing group of men and women that enjoy freedom from one of the more basic human Achilles' heel; the need to breathe frequently." The announcer was a deep voiced personality who was easily recogn...
When they finally did get in a few dives, Keri and Al immersed themselves in the deep solitude of the ocean. While neither one of them wanted to admit it, they had grown to be more than friends or even casual lovers. They had not seen each other since college. They were both married to other people and living miles apart. That distance seemed to great to tra...
It was a warm June day when I left home and headed to an even warmer climate. My destination was Cayman Brac for a week of relaxation and scuba diving. I've been a regular at a resort in Cayman Brac for several years and after I became an instructor, the dive shop treats me as one of their own. I've asked them to pair me with newly certified divers who don't...
"Posits #01: Consider ... a Lamp Store" Authors Note: This is the first in what I hope will become a series of ... Posits. Merriam-Webster® (great gal by the way, knows every dirty word and euphemism there is) says that the word posit [pa-zit] can mean one of three things: 1) to set firmly (as in de-posit) (syn: FIX) 2) to assume or affirm the existence...
This story continues the series First Day in the Caribbean, and connects it to the stories about the dive shop and the bike store. (I called the original series First Day... because my original intent was to have only the first episode, but the characters had more to say, and I couldn't change the title!) The story picks up after Rick and Karen's dinner with...