The Cabin

The cabin on the property was ramshackle and in ill repair.  You could actually see daylight through the cracks between the wall boards!  The cabin itself was a single room with a large wood stove in the center.  A small kitchen was set up in one side of the room with an old fashioned hand… Continue reading The Cabin

The Spider

She watched a red legged spider crawl across the wall in the dressing room where she was sitting reading a book.  “What a beautiful creature,” she thought as she imagined the little suction cup feet like little tennis shoes clinging to the wall and now scurrying across the mirror. She wished she could look at… Continue reading The Spider

Breaking Way

As she rumbled down the canyon road, the rain began falling harder until it was like a storm of boots stomping on the steel roof of her ’69 Pontiac Lemans.  On the left the creek had risen to the top of its banks and in places was lapping over the edge of the road. On… Continue reading Breaking Way

The Queen

He had been studying all day.  She had been preparing for their evening together.  He was making her dinner at his house.  She had borrowed a full Elizabethan costume from the costume shop and was preparing a special show for him.  She had to have help getting into the outfit itself and was trouble shooting… Continue reading The Queen

In the Hot Tub

Out on the deck she could hear them frolicking.  It was Bear Week and her neighbors had rented their place to a hearty group of ursines.  Oh my!  How she loved Bears! It was just like a slumber party that she wasn’t invited to.  They had warned her, “The pool is OK, but you better… Continue reading In the Hot Tub