Behind the bellicose façade lay a soft, compassionate soul. He sat within a swirl of rosy twilight hues, buoyed by the gently creeping tide. A dark wall approached and he mechanically spun and began stroking into the glassy canvas of light and ocean that lay between him…

Years ago, I was involved in a freakish tragedy so startling and heartbreaking that it made the front page of not only my local newspaper, but “People” and “The National Enquirer.” I'm not going to tell you anything about it. This means that…

What is golf?

Downtown Milwaukee My feet are exposed, never been out in public even out here— …

There is a roofer straddling part of our house, pushing shingles off of our roof with the edge of a shovel. …. I've thought seriously, at times, about becoming a nurse. Seeing your mother in a hospital bed, hooked up to a tube, more than one, too…

Just an abnormal visit to the post office.

A walled city doesn’t let you out any more easily that it has let you in earlier.

You can't always be everything you were expected to be

we all die from the bottom up

and coughed its grey net over the candle lit world outside. Birds of an arrow sprang into thin air and disappeared over the hills in a quick shortness of zoom-breath-- like a stiffened branch snapping . It's cold. There're …

The first apartment Troy and Lynn lived in was managed by an alcoholic former army officer, who lived in the complex with his wife and teenage daughter. He was a lush who didn't do much in the way of management. Lynn had barely noticed him before Troy moved in with her.…

There are certain items in the sink that are giving me an anxious feeling in my stomach.

The Tea Party member was married but cuter. He worked as a caulker, a tub and basin man.

Today I’m feeling crabby and haggard and technology makes it easy to get to the point.

I am not responsible for any nightmares this piece may cause for all you mice lovers!