As the weekend approached, my wife and I were both filled with anticipation. This was to be the weekend where I let her spend Friday and Saturday night with Chad at his vacation home. I was excited because this was...

Change Your Luck

"friends in need are friends indeed"

The highway rest-stop looked like a polar refugee-camp. The plows had their hands full with I-95 and hadn’t been through here in several hours. There had to be fifty or more cars left haphazardly in the parking area, some partially...

Easter Egg

"New friends, big plans, high hopes"

“Ouch! Take it easy!” Faith hissed. She reached back and rubbed the welt from the crop. Her dark nails were striking against her bare flesh. “I think you're supposed to start light,” she whined. “Now kiss it to say you’re...

Keynote

"My victory lap will have to wait"

I took the elevator up from the conference level feeling pretty smug. As conference presentations go, this had been a pretty good one. I had a big crowd in my session and my paper was very well-received. For once in...