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“Wake up sweetheart. It’s the first Saturday in December! Time to find the perfect Christmas tree!” Melanie groaned softly at the cheery sound of Jason’s voice, and burrowed deeper under the covers. She peered at the clock through one squinted-open eye. Seven-thirty! On a Saturday! What possessed the man? “Come on, honey. You need a good breakfast before Continue reading The Perfect Christmas Tree “They must’ve designed these seats for alien butts,” Jeff grumbled and fidgeted on the hard plastic. The seats hadn’t been comfortable then, and they weren’t comfortable now. Whoever had engineered their slick, unforgiving shape had clearly never heard the word “ergonomics.” Jeff shifted once more and looked out the bus window. That’s where Ermel’s Grocery used to Continue reading Bus Stop On Friday morning I rolled over and looked at the clock; it was only 5:00 AM. I was relieved to see I had another hour to sleep so I pulled the blanket over my head and tried to drift off. I could hear the shower running in the background and tried to tune it out. Continue reading My Life As I Knew It – Chapter 6 On Tuesday I checked the balance on my one and only credit card of that time and found out it wasn’t as bad as I expected. If I was going to do everything right this time around, that meant I needed to start new in every way including investing in a professional wardrobe in order Continue reading My Life As I Knew It – Chapter 5 After spending Sunday with my brother and Damian, words cannot begin to describe how depressed I was to not wake up on Monday morning next to Greg in the bedroom of our New York apartment. Damian came home from Santa Monica Sunday afternoon and would not stop talking about the “awesome” time he had with Continue reading My Life As I Knew It – Chapter 4 I was happy to hear that Damian was going to be gone Saturday night. His brother who lived in Washington was visiting Santa Monica with some friends and he invited Damian to spend the weekend with them. I just assumed his brother was paying Damian’s way. I was meeting up with Jim that night and Continue reading My Life As I Knew It – Chapter 3 About an hour later I was pulling in to the parking lot of the Dana Point Harbor, about forty miles south of Fullerton. For the first few years I lived in California I came to this spot often to get away from everyone and everything, do some thinking and just be. I’m not exactly sure Continue reading My Life As I Knew It – Chapter 2 Everybody thinks about going back in time and what they would or would not do differently. You can protest all you like. You can say ‘there’s no point in thinking about it’ or ‘the past is the past, move on’ or ‘if I had done things differently I may not have met my wonderful husband/wife’ Continue reading My Life As I Knew It – Chapter 1 7 The continual squalling of the brat was getting on my nerves. I didn’t care what the girl did to silence it, providing she did it fast. The surrounding woods were alive with marauding French Grenadiers and the last thing I needed was a screaming baby to attract their attention. To battle-hardened troops like Continue reading Private Lives book excerpt Previously… Larson and Tawni have been getting to know each other, and he recently told her about an old captain who basically raised. Tawni is discovering that Larson doesn’t know much about his own history, like where he’s from or even his birthday… I was sitting in my captain’s chair, contemplating… well, Tawni, to be honest, Continue reading Quest for Onepus – Part 8 |
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