"Life abruptly changes when a homeless veteran stumbles upon a group of female survivalists."
Sheila had the soul of a cavalry commander and lived the warrior's code of old. Feed your horses, your troops, and yourself. In that order. Her declaration of a banquet of gratitude was a brazen departure from the typical bullshit...
"Life abruptly changes when a homeless veteran stumbles upon a group of female survivalists."
Like sailors clinging to a raft on tempest-tossed seas, Sheila and I held tight to each other as an ocean of rainbows flooded the sky."Oh, my God! What is it?" she cried as glowing waves of light thundered silently across...
"Life abruptly changes when a homeless veteran stumbles upon a group of female survivalists."
"Shit!" Sheila swore as she angrily flipped the turn signal and slowed our Ford Super Duty truck to a crawl and searched for a safe place to pull off the road."Sky, I need my license and registration, they're in the...
We ended our first May-December date at her apartment. Subdued lighting and candlelight to the accompaniment of soft music wrapped the night in possibilities.She took my hand as we emerged from the shower and led me to her bed and...
"Life abruptly changes when a homeless veteran stumbles upon a group of female survivalists."
"Okay, listen up!" Sheila knocked her knuckles on the conference table and brought the final briefing to order. "We've got an outstanding weather report, vehicles and crews are ready. We are good to go at daybreak..." she smiled as she...
"Life abruptly changes when a homeless veteran stumbles upon a group of female survivalists."
The days melted into weeks and the weeks flowed into months as winter searched for spring. For the first couple dozen wake-ups, I started each morning with the unreal feeling that I was at the bottom of a rabbit hole....
"Life abruptly changes when a homeless veteran stumbles upon a group of female survivalists."
The Society of Sisters and their compound at Liberty Mountain were the pride and joy of Sheila's existence. She devoted almost every waking hour toward her mission of building an organization that could withstand anything the apocalyptic whims of fate...
"Life abruptly changes when a homeless veteran stumbles upon a group of female survivalists."
Everything I knew about Sheila told me she was a master gamer with the skills of a chess genius. She did not offer me a job to alleviate unemployment, instead, she appeared to be working a gambit of some sort....
"Life abruptly changes when a homeless veteran stumbles upon a group of female survivalists."
Consciousness came slowly, on the installment plan, one sensation at a time.I groaned and opened my eyes to a room full of sunshine. Dancing clusters of sparkles and glowing dust motes drifted in the sunbeams filling my field of vision...
"Life abruptly changes when a homeless veteran stumbles upon a group of female survivalists."
Alice and I took our seats on each side of Sheila as the last stragglers filed into the amphitheater and returned to their places."Before we resume, I want to thank our kitchen crew for a fantastic, as usual, flash-banquet. Well...