A fire burns at all hours of the day in California. It’s difficult to know just when one should really… Read more The Smell of Burning in the Morning No Longer Affects the Californian Fight or Flight Response
Tag: California
Coral’s Reefer
If she was going to be forced to give Reston a lift to Long Beach, she was damn well going… Read more Coral’s Reefer
This Town’s Been Burning For Years
“He has to go through the motions,” Father says as he peels a carrot over the sink. I myself hate… Read more This Town’s Been Burning For Years
Just When You Thought It Was Safe
The government had declared a proverbial “lid off” approach to everything now. One that had made the nation go particularly… Read more Just When You Thought It Was Safe
A Scapegoat Among the Goats
As far as goatherders went, Olivia wasn’t your average. For a start, she had a tendency to dress as though… Read more A Scapegoat Among the Goats
Dried Out
When the heat arrived, the poppies were done for. They say a poppy “loves” the sun, but honestly, only so… Read more Dried Out
Lots in Life
There is nothing more embarrassing than waiting in a parking lot in California. It is the mark of a “loser.”… Read more Lots in Life
Lucky
She’s so lucky, she’s an Irishwoman. But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinkin’, “If there’s nothing missing… Read more Lucky
The Faux Commuter
He had hated work all his life. Who didn’t? It was the worst place in the world. Except what people… Read more The Faux Commuter
The Plum Tree Apartments
There wasn’t a plum tree in sight, of course. Yet that was the nature of apartment buildings named after non… Read more The Plum Tree Apartments
