Destiny’s Ride

"Destiny was looking for a new start, and wound up in the company of the Jackals"

Walking in heels sucks. I’d have kicked them off, but the midday sun made that backwater, single lane road so hot my poor feet would have blistered in minutes. I have a car. Well, I had a car until it...

Lindenwood

"Remembering one night in a nature preserve"

I sit here on the worn wooden park bench remembering the last time I was in this very spot. Our nature preserve. We marked it as our own a while ago. The first time you took me here it was...

Afternoon Gardening

"Maya has a surprise visitor while gardening"

Maya dug her fingers through the dirt, pushing the earth over the root ball of her marigold, and patting the soil back down over it. The sun beat lazily down on her bare shoulders from the cloudless blue sky. She...