A Moment At Both Ends

"I spent all day thinking about playing not just with one toy, but two."

It had been a long day. Sitting at my desk my mind kept drifting, thinking about what to do to have a bit of fun. Some ideas had been floating around, but my mind repeatedly went back to one thought....

Babes in Toyland

"Our new house overlooks a women's dorm"

B-school classes. Unfinished taxes. Need anti-acids. Everything still in boxes.“You say something, Sweetie?” Laurel looks up from her Netflix binge. Relaxed as a cat.Not like me. “The Zantac?” I ask. Stomach in knots.“Spare room. Carton labeled ‘Bath.’”Moved Friday. Needs paint,...

Yellowknife (Narrative 3)

"A new roommate proves to be full of surprises."

Our marriage of convenience broke up in Yellowknife.We’d been together for about three years. She was Swiss-French, and I was English-Canadian.Meeting in Indonesia, we’d travelled together for two years, overland through Asia to Europe. Then a year in Switzerland working...