The scent of smoke was the first thing Lorenzo noticed when walking out of the greenhouse. It was late, but they hadn't needed a fire since they'd come upon the resort... it wasn't a familiar scent on the wind, not like this. Campfires were one thing. Dark, stinging smoke like this was something else entirely. In haste Enzo moved into the lobby of the Northe...
The cold breeze of winters chill was beginning to lift, dark skies were now dispersing and the icy-grasp of freezing winter was melting. Crystalline icicles formed dancing patterns and gleamed a cold silvery-blue. The landscape was covered in a small blanket of now- melting snow, which illuminated the horizon. Mornings arrived earlier, and the entrance of th...
CHAPTER THREE "Already our child weighs heavy on me and slows my labors, my beloved." My darling wife Alta casually mentioned to me late one evening, just after mid-summer. "I sure that it does!" I congenially replied. Already her belly was quite swollen and she still had several months left before the child was due to be born. "Indeed, I'm quite falling...
The hill was an escape, a portal to an easier world. In fact it wasn't much of a hill at all, more like a rise in the ground and a path that went up among the rocks under the trees. Kaiser, the Rottweiler, watched them from behind the fence and barked at Chano because it was too stupid to see that he was a trusted friend and that no one had put Chano in the...
Days off are great. Any day off is a great day. You can catch up on things, relax, take care of business, chill out, and just have a good time. Days off also open the door to many opportunities and possibilities. This day would prove to be a very good day. My wife was working this day, and I had taken the day of from work, just because. I stayed home and d...
Gloria Summers drove over to her winter place, a luxury log cabin in the North Georgia mountains, one winter night. The snow was white and pure, the winds were cold, icy, and howling. The oustide looked like a perfect winter wonderland. She arrived at her log cabin in her silver car. It was a perfect escape from the cold nights in Atlanta. Once she was insi...
Nanny's house was a small, two bedrooms, wooden framed one near a cotton mill. She and my great-grandfather had worked at the mill. Back in those days, the companies felt it was best to have workers that lived near the mills. They built what was called mill villages, dozens and hundreds of basic houses near their plants. Then they sold them to the workers, t...
I fought with my umbrella as I raced my tired, drained, and totally exhausted body to my car. The cold harsh winter hail and wind tearing across my face felt strangely and wickedly refreshing, tingling my dulled senses - reviving them - quickly, causing me to smile that devilish enticing smile that my lovers have all craved at one time or another. Any one of...
Corey and Julie were walking home from the park, they had been dating for about six months now and hadn't been intimate yet. They'd made out and petted heavily, but nothing beyond that. Until tonight. Corey had a plan, he wanted to get Julie naked and fast!! So, he decided on a night time date. He'd picked her up at eight, they'd gone for a quick dinner at...
When I got up the next morning just as daylight was starting to lighten the eastern skyline, I was anxious to get started on the two gypsy caravans. However, my ladies quickly let me know that they had other plans for me. As I was about to sit down to breakfast, Running Deer said, "We will need meat for the coming winter. You need to hunt so we can stock u...