New Leaf

Ann smiled and proclaimed, “I’m going to cut way back on the wine and lose fifteen pounds – and keep it off.” “Specifics. How much are you going to cut back on wine? You have to give specifics for it to be official,” Carrie said. “Okay, okay. No more than two...

Christmas 2020

It’s been four months since Anna died from the virus, but Joe’s heartbreak and depression have never passed. They wouldn’t even let him say goodbye to his wife of twenty years. It took two weeks of misery for her to succumb, mostly spent on her stomach hooked up to a...

Thanksgiving Surprise

Fred wasn’t into visiting strip joints, but sometimes, Jason from the lunch group, would pick the Lucky Lady when it was his Friday to choose the restaurant. So, over their lunch break the previous week, they climbed into a car and headed over the county line to eat...

Bad Good Deal

I was so ecstatic and proud. I got the big, classic old house at a bargain price. I couldn’t care less that some earlier owners, an older couple, died in the house, and that people claimed it was haunted. I also didn’t care that the previous owners were “highly...

Brown Cow

“Thank goodness mom wasn’t a hoarder. Sorting through all this crap is bad enough,” James said as he rummaged through a junk drawer in a large dresser. James, his sister Jessie, and her friend Pete were getting the old house cleaned out to sell it. They moved mom to a...