It had been a long drive with plenty of time and solitude in which to contemplate his next course of action.  The two lane road seemed to go on forever.  As soon as Tom would speed up, another small town would appear, bringing him back to a crawl, and then back to full speed again. […]

“Give me the remote, honey,” Will said to his young daughter.  She did not hear him over the drowning noise of cartoons a foot from her face glaring off the television. “Gracie…Gracie,” he said, sitting down on the couch. She turned around. “I said hand me the remote please.” Her face fell.  “Oh please daddy, […]

The man paid the taxi driver, closed the door behind him, and walked directly into the incoming traffic. “What do you want me to do now?” the man yelled into his cell phone, holding up the briefcase in his free hand to try and slow the oncoming cars.  Brakes squealed and drivers cursed out of their windows […]

“You ate how many hot dogs?” Jeannie answered, “Twelve.” The boys sitting around her at the lunch table stared with a mixture of disbelief and awe. “There’s no way,” Brady said, looking Jeannie up and down.  “You couldn’t hold down that many hot dogs.”  Monty and Pete shook their heads in agreement.  Brady started again, […]

Although his morning had begun like any other day, as he stared at his plate of scrambled eggs something told him this was not to be just another day. It was too quiet, maybe? No, that wasn’t it.  Buster, the neighbor’s golden retriever next door, was barking away as usual. Was he running late? He […]

She could feel his presence all around her and wished she could hear his voice, just one more time, assuring her that everything was going to be okay. The old feelings came back.  They would come every so often.  As much as she hated herself for having them, especially after so many years, Rebekah welcomed […]

Preface – My son, Michael, is celebrating his 11th birthday today, so I let him pick the sentence to start.  Thanks so much to Jim B. for his willingness to trade out his submission for another time. Mario arrived in Kongo Jungle to capture Donkey Kong’s banana stash, ready to deal with Diddy Kong.   As […]

When I was young, I thought I truly had it all figured out.  Life and I were pretty tight.  Anytime I wanted something, life was there, with exactly what I needed.  It seemed it would always be that way.  Unfortunately, when you’re dead, life kind of shrugs its shoulders and says, “Sorry, wish I could […]

About to enter the gates of Urquhart Castle, Rupert hobbles up to the entrance trying to adjust his headset for the tour, and yells out, “How do ye turn it down a bit?”  The tour guide grabbed the control box from Rupert and adjusted the volume. “Is that better?” she asked, smiling. Rupert saw her […]