The Holistic Approach

"A psychiatrist knows just the treatment for her new, young male patient."

I waited in line as I had many times before. The scene was typical of the waiting room, gloomy people all starring at their phones or the floor, waiting for their names to be called. At one point, I was...

Tollie’s Garden Pt.1

"A young woman's growing attraction to an older man"

I was seventeen, almost eighteen, when Tollie moved into our small apartment above the carriage house. I didn’t pay much attention at first when my mom rented it to him. After moving into the huge house we inherited from her...

Max and Rosie Pt. 2

"Can he resist his desire for the young nurse taking care of his dying wife?"

When they entered the kitchen, Max touched Rosie's shoulder then bent over and kissed her forehead. She opened her eyes and look up at him. “Tomorrow is our thirty-seventh anniversary, dear.” Max sat down on the chair next to her...

Max and Rosie Pt. 1

"Can he resist his desire for the young nurse taking care of his dying wife?"

The shrill sound of the tea kettle shattered Max’s reverie. He was remembering when he and Rosie met thirty-eight years ago. Sighing deeply, he looked down at the yellow mug and remembered the vision of the two of them rowing...