It was one of many “activities” of late that felt tantamount to still trying to go through the motions in… Read more Going to Medical Appointments in an Unending Heatwave
It was one of many “activities” of late that felt tantamount to still trying to go through the motions in… Read more Going to Medical Appointments in an Unending Heatwave
In a rare instance of earliness, Father’s Day fell on a particularly pointed date that year. June 14th. The same… Read more A Particularly Patriarchal Father’s Day
In the past, Aunt Joan had been known for being what her sister politely called “a bit daffy.” What she… Read more The Old New Purse
Rebecca knew she certainly wasn’t the only political candidate in history to have things go so tits-up by the end… Read more Goobernatorial
She wondered how long it would take for someone to presume she was dead. If she just kept floating here,… Read more No In-Between
The tourists came by the boatload—literally. No amount was “too outrageous,” apparently. And even the locals didn’t seem to have… Read more A Local’s Bane
Every time she went in, no matter what time of day, he was there. Always just there. Looming, lurking, lying… Read more The Grocery Store Greeter
You can always tell the kind of people who are “so ready” when the first jag of warm weather descends… Read more A Sea(sonal) Change
To a certain extent, maybe it could be assumed that a waiter on cocaine would be more efficient (a.k.a. quicker)… Read more Cocaine Waiter
If you looked around closely at anyone, it was easy to see that they were all victims, in some way… Read more I (K)need You