Light My Fire

She couldn’t really say how this happened, but here she was, now in her mid-sixties about to light up a pipe full after having been straight for over thirty-five years. She had run with the best of them back in the hey days of the sixties when everyone of a certain age was pie-eyed from… Continue reading Light My Fire

Camelia, Amazon Sherpa

She had never been an avid driver.  When everyone else was looking forward to turning fifteen and a half so they could get their learners’ permits, she could have cared less.  Her dad put her behind the wheel only once.  She just couldn’t get the hang of it. The required drivers’ ed class in high… Continue reading Camelia, Amazon Sherpa

First Hand

First of all, you must understand that she was the type of girl who always wore a full skirt and some nice underpants on Friday Flip Up Day.  That’s why when Squeeky, the new kid who greased and combed his hair like James Dean, wore Levi’s to school even when it was prohibited, cussed, smoked,… Continue reading First Hand

Cressida

She was on her period, but she didn’t care.  She was at the kitchen sink doing dishes like a char woman.   The blood was leaking down her leg.  She had already bled through her pad .  She just wanted to finish up these last few chores, and then she would head up the stairs… Continue reading Cressida