They all piled into three cars, loaded up their sleeping bags, a jug of wine and a few joints to share. It was one of those special nights when the moon is full and the surf is effervescent with the blue light of plankton. Each time a wave hit the shore a burst of cerulean… Continue reading Luminescent
Category: Higher Ground
The Flying Stage
For about a decade, her feet never touched the ground.. She was here. She was there. She was gone. Adventure seeking, flying from man to man, even women… trying every strange she could find. She wasn’t alone. Hundreds of thousands of them were breaking taboos, crossing lines, reaching for stars and planets in the Age… Continue reading The Flying Stage
Do Over
She used to cry every time she heard, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” Her son was in the Navy keeping the peace between China and Taiwan. The Indy, (USS Independence) was a sitting duck between the two as China lobbed its, “We are testing explosions,” within striking distance. “Kill anything that looks like it’s going… Continue reading Do Over
Salt Man
“What’s that noise?” Kristie awoke in the middle of the night to hear someone digging close by. Jack got up to look outside. “You’re not gonna believe this,” he said as he crept back into bed. “What was it?” “It’s Salt Man.” “Huh?” “Yeah, the neighbor is busy digging a fifty pound sack of salt… Continue reading Salt Man
Goodwill
They teased her about her clothes. Sometimes she wished that story about the girl with 100 Dresses was true. Maybe her parents couldn’t afford to buy her new clothes, but at a certain point when she reached her teens she was given her aunt’s old clothes to wear. Her aunt was seven years older to… Continue reading Goodwill