Mother had been ill and was moving to an assisted care facility. Brother called her exasperated by the chore of cleaning out Mother’s house. It was quite a job after fifty years of accumulation. He threw out Dad’s old Playboy collection which was probably worth thousands. He tossed out all the boxes of music, librettos, and programs… Continue reading Assisted Care
Category: Higher Ground
Birth Control
She made the decision to have her tubes tied the minute she found out she was pregnant with her second child. She knew she wasn’t going to stop fucking, that’s for sure… and she didn’t much care for the other options for birth control. The Pill – lots of hormones, weight gain. OK for short… Continue reading Birth Control
Lesbian Weed
Up the North Coast the women were figuring out how to live without men. They had a group meeting and decided to continue their intensive vegetable garden with a new twist. With hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries opening up all over the west coast, they decided they could muster up the cash they needed to… Continue reading Lesbian Weed
Pushing the Envelope
“Seven Brides for Dracula” is a cute little play good for middle school students. It required seven females, but we were short on girls that year, so Mrs. Lu suggested to the class that they could either borrow two girls from the younger grades or cast two boys dressed as women wearing wigs. One boy… Continue reading Pushing the Envelope
Mad Jazz
Woody drove the thirty miles into town in a taxi. He was a confirmed drunk and didn’t care who knew it. He went to The River to drink. In that little village, there were at least a dozen places within walking distance to eat, drink, dance, and party. He liked that he could walk to each… Continue reading Mad Jazz