If only we’d met earlier, he says. He likes to think of alternative beginnings for us, having coffee at Grendel’s Den, standing in line for

She’d only seen his whole face in old photos. So when he greeted her on a random Tuesday afternoon, clean-shaven, two decades into marriage, and

I have a story for you, of a young girl who was sad, I said.      Did you know her? you asked.     

I like to play a “looks like” game when I meet people for the first time. Don’t judge me, because I know you do it

Dear Nate, Enclosed please find your worn, 2001 paper-back, print-edition of the Ultimate Cleanse which I humbly return to you unread. You will find it

There was no doubt: the ping of my instant message service always made my heart beat faster. After more than thirty years in investment management,

When I immersed myself into the barrel-shaped wooden hot tub at the B&B overlooking the Carpathian Mountains I didn’t expect to ever get out. A

Alma a quien todo un dios prisión ha sido, /venas que humor a tanto fuego han dado, médulas que han gloriosamente ardido,/ su cuerpo dejará,

“I don’t expect you to be back again,” Rita said after they’d made love in an East Texas motel. Les looked at her with his

The beeping slows, the machines winding down their vigil. “Tell her I love her,” you say as your eyes close for the last time. I

The blush wine is sweet on Sandra’s tongue. Denise hands her the box of chocolates and points. “Those have soft centers.”  “I shouldn’t,” Sandra says,

Mama said no, but I’m going anyway. She doesn’t need to know. I lower the passenger seat window. The night breeze is a contemplative sort

The view from the window was astounding as the airliner broke through the clouds and made a gentle left turn, crossing in all its glory

My dear friend, Our discussions while walking at the beach often provoke later exploration. Subsequent to our last enterprise, I came across this interesting comment:

She’s a lot like North Dakota. Everybody knows that North Dakota is a state, but they never think that they’ll actually end up there. It