"A lifetime of joy can be hiding where you least expect it."
Terra pulled back the curtains and grinned as morning sunlight streamed into the room. The day was bright and beautiful – the perfect start to her first summer vacation from college. As much as she enjoyed the classes that would...
"One love saved, and another born."
The honking calls of geese sounded from overhead, a prelude to their splashdown on the lake some distance away. In the circular pool, large, dark shapes cruised just below the shimmering surface of the water. Here and there, a fin...
"One love saved, and another born."
Dara sat near the edge of the lake, looking out between two white birch trees at the flotilla of canoes moving away from the island. The visit with her mother had helped, numbing the pain with touches of anger that...
"You can go green in life, but why stop there?"
Twigs and dry leaves crunched underfoot as Glen wandered the trail, his thoughts turned inward. The warmth that permeated the sun-dappled wood prompted him to absently remove his jacket, and the action brought him out of his internal dialogue just...
"You can go green in life, but why stop there?"
Glen felt severely underdressed when he climbed out of the car and saw Melinda emerging from the house. She was wearing a knee-length skirt of basic black with a coat to match, and a white, masculine shirt. Her hair was...
"Mara discovers that her first crush is more of a kindred spirit than she ever would have guessed."
Wearing a half-hearted smile, Mara looked out over the lake, trying to enjoy the beauty of the Minnesota morning. The laughter of a loon in the distance accompanied an earthy smelling breeze that rustled her golden blonde hair.Mara’s arm whipped,...
"Mara discovers that her first crush is more of a kindred spirit than she ever would have guessed."
Sitting around the fire at Wade’s camp that evening, Mara glanced at her furiously blushing father and stifled a laugh. Her great uncle continued the story, much to her father’s chagrin.“Now, I didn’t see Steve’s gallantry, so I had no...
"Everyone has secrets, but some are harder to share."
Dan’s eyes popped open when he heard the hiss of something running through the dry leaves and grass, the sound drawing closer by the second.“Hey,” he protested when the two young squirrels used him as a convenient ramp to reach...
"Everyone has secrets, but some are harder to share."
Brooke sat in the anchor’s chair, reading the last of the news item on the paper that the cameraman had handed her. Other than the clothes she was wearing, she looked every bit the part.“I’m Brooke Kline, for Channel Seven...
"A virgin love and a virgin forest should both last forever"
Daniel rose from his chair with a groan, wondering how many more times he might be able to accomplish it without help. As he picked up his cane from the table in his wrinkled left hand, he could almost hear...