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...

Our First Time Dogging

"We'd been talking about dogging for a while."

We eased into the parking lot just at dusk. I turned off my headlights and drove across the lot with just the parking lights. There were three other cars already there, widely spaced around the edges of the lot. I parked...

Morning Run

"Maya has some unexpected company on her morning run."

Maya placed one sneaker-clad foot against the tire of her car and stretched out a toned leg. She tipped her head back, enjoying the early morning sun caressing the skin of her bare shoulders. She wore a low-cut tank top...