Monthly Archives: May 2019

Jealousy is a green-eyed devil, luring us down the path of least resistance. Wanting, but not providing, tempting, but not delivering, always believing that life is coming up short of what it should be. Jealousy at its root is insecurity, … Continue reading →

Contradiction can be simply be opposite, not opposition.  Case in point… Tony and Tina grew up each part of a pair.  Born 15 minutes apart, they were fraternal twins, one of each. To their mother, the word twin meant “to … Continue reading →

Jenny awoke just after daybreak.  In the next bed, she saw her sister Becky, still asleep.  She quietly tiptoed past her snoozing sister to their bedroom door.  Once clear, she carefully navigated past her brothers’ room.  They were also still … Continue reading →

I’M JUST A JEALOUS GUY   “My sweetheart calls me by another name. Her eyes linger too long on my best friend. She talks with excitement about a guy at work. And the fire catches. Jealousy – that scheming combination … Continue reading →

The knock of jealousy came knocking at his door, only to be ignored. He didn’t want to shake hands with his neighbor. He knew his neighbor would be back, but with a stronger consequence. He knew the neighbor all too … Continue reading →

She’s been the love of his life. He’d been so happy, til now! Paul was devastated, Cassie was cheating on him, he just knew it!  He’d suspected her dallying for a couple of months now, so he followed her for … Continue reading →

  CORRECT/INCORRECT   He was never the neat-freak she always wished him to be. She was so fastidious that he’d purposely mess things up just to annoy her. She would increase her neatness to annoy him. It was always the … Continue reading →

I am a contradiction, it seems Though it hasn’t prevented fulfilling my dreams! If I go by the weight charts, I’m 6 foot 4, Yet, in fact, I’m really more close to the floor! Enigma is not what I thought … Continue reading →

The realization hit Zachariah like a two by four to the forehead! He sat down, white as a sheet! The demon wasn’t after him, it was after Wilma and Delfina! Somehow he’d subliminally known that it wasn’t Delfina saying “Save … Continue reading →

The news was always great on PNN, Positivity News Network, formerly Fox News. Life is truly great. You could enjoy your breakfast on your spacious Amazon Rainforest deck nibbling fresh pineapple flown in from Costa Rica and guava from El … Continue reading →

OCD OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER   Felix and his wife, Santana, worked hard all their lives, finally saving enough money to retire. They purchased a cozy home in a 55-and-over community, Called “Shady Acres”, in southern Florida. They were blissfully happy in … Continue reading →

I always picked this time. The bus is quiet. It beats the hassle of driving and parking. I can relax and read the Wall Street Journal and check the latest Bloomberg reports on my smart phone before I hit the … Continue reading →

Daylight broke over the Kentucky wilderness as the sun began its ascent.  After the night’s events robbed precious sleep, Zachariah gazed over his tobacco fields in a momentary trance.  Was it all a dream or were his past transgressions coming … Continue reading →

Back up north is the cooler but comfortable environs I paused to think about “worrying”. I have chosen for the most part to not worry anymore. Well, you might think, is this writer for real? Yes he is. Example: The … Continue reading →

Am I the moth who seeks his flame? My lust alone, none else to blame! What siren must this being be! This one whose visage torments me. No will have I, all pretense bled, She has my soul, resistance fled! … Continue reading →

DOMO ARRIGATO, MRS. ROBOTO   Akira Takahashi was married to his beloved wife, Akahana Yamamato, the granddaughter of World War II Admiral Isoraku Yamamoto, the commander of the naval raid on Pearl Harbor. Akira and Akahana lived and loved together … Continue reading →

Rebecca Knight was worried. Something seemed different about her husband Marcus, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it. Marcus had been coming home from work late every night. After several weeks of this, she stopped waiting up for … Continue reading →

We’d met in college, Mary and I, me in pre-med and she working on a BA in business administration. We married right after graduation and Mary got a job as a buyer for Costco. I was entering medical school that … Continue reading →

I awoke to the smell of fresh brewed coffee and the sounds of sizzling bacon. Mary’s angelic singing brought me to heaven’s gate.   I strolled into our spacious kitchen to find Mary offering a steaming cup of coffee- hazelnut … Continue reading →

I can’t remember a time when Maddie wasn’t in my life. We met as toddlers, her parents were our next door neighbors, and we spent almost every day playing together. Many children drift apart once they start school but not … Continue reading →

CHAPTER 4 But nothing greeted him, not the girls’ hanging cotton garments or scattered shoes or forgotten toys, just an imaginable, infinite darkness. For an instant, he was a boy standing beside Pappy Yocum deep inside the earth as the … Continue reading →

  CASA TERESA   Mark was now entering the fifth day of binge-drinking. He was aimlessly wandering the streets of lower Manhattan – he didn’t know for how long. He found himself in Little Italy in the south of the … Continue reading →

I happily wandered through the grounds of the Hilton Hawaiian Village, focusing my attention on the store windows. The walkway in front of the small establishments circled a garden with a small waterfall and a meandering brook populated by koi … Continue reading →

I stand with nose against the pane, Lustful thoughts, they fill my brain! How do I possess this thing I see? I will, I must, it will complete me! Oh where to find those funds I’ve sought My cards are … Continue reading →

Scotty had never felt so alone in his life. He stood in the middle of the road in front of a lonely gas station about five miles outside of a small town in New Mexico, watching the taillights of his … Continue reading →

Recently I have been getting calls from people who speak foreign languages, several from a woman who speaks Chinese. At least I think it’s Chinese. Her speech has a tonal quality that I think is probably Chinese. I don’t know … Continue reading →

“Mr. Ellis, would you mind coming to my office after lunch today? We need to talk.” He nodded and watched Cecilia Davis walk away, stopping to chat with other residents of Seaside Senior Living on her way out of the … Continue reading →