We were only a day away from the island now after leaving our small homeport some two days previous. The weather had been perfect; a steady ten to fifteen knot sou' easterly had enabled us to sail on a comfortable reach for most of the way. Our lovely 33-foot yacht 'Interlude' made steady progress averaging around six and a half to seven knots through the sl...
Orville Dewey sat at the window of the apartment over his detached garage, watching his bedroom light in his house go out from the room that had been the artist studio of the previous owner now serving a couple other purposes for the recently retired senior. One was as a retreat to get away from the nagging of his shrill wife, who hadn't liked anything he h...
The Next week Scott called and said he'd gotten the job with the railroad and would be leaving in 5 weeks for training. We talked about his new job and I said I'd talk to Mary and that we'd have to do something special before he left. When Mary got home I told her about Scott's new job and suggested that we should take him to our favorite resort in the cent...
My name is Jacey Turner and Tracy is my daughter, the result of a very unhappy marriage with a dick-head I'd rather not talk about thank you. But Tracy has been the perfect daughter and we have been that close - but now I have to face up to change because it is likely that, with Tracy having at last found herself a boy friend called Jack, I could soon be lo...
In the half of a century that I have lived so far, I have had the fortune of living in interesting times as the ancient Chinese curse/proverb says. There have been some tough times and many fun times since I was born in a backwater along the southern portion of the Great Mississippi. Fortunately for us all, this missive recounts a few of the more pleasurable...
(In which Beth goes to the Brown Palace, samples foreign customs and has a trip around the world) My wife, Adele, had taken the girls back to St. Louis for Christmas with her Mother and I wisely worked my schedule so that I was the only rehab specialist available for the Holidays and I sadly could not go to visit my in laws. Since my wife was not home and...
The next day was Saturday. Since that was always a big day for showing prospective tenants available houses for rent, I didn't expect anyone to pick up at the property management office and I'd have to wait until much later before anyone would return my call. Still, under Mary's watchful eye, I called and left a message asking for Helen to return my call reg...
My name is Adam. I'm a twenty eight year old single guy who is temporarily out of work. I was working and going to school but when the company I work for cut back, I had to drop out of school. Since then I've just been living on what I can draw and doing some computer work on the side to help out. I live in a nice neighborhood in the suburbs. Most people ar...
"Todd," came a squeal loaded with excitement. My name could be heard all over the Orlando Airport terminal building. I turned to follow the voice and there she was: a beautiful young woman in her mid-twenties with shoulder-length blonde hair running straight at me. She nearly flung herself into my arms and, if I had not backed up a half step at the last seco...
There must be something inherently lucky about February 29--leap day. That's the day I went to get my hair cut by the gal Carla who's been cutting my hair for over a year. She does an excellent job and has an interesting personality, so I always wait for her. To tell you the truth, I originally selected her because she's good looking. Anyway, the place was...