How long does it take to fall in love… with yourself? Do you love yourself? When did you know you loved yourself? In the movies love happens in a tight hour forty five. Day and night collapse and time is a magical construct. I’ve experienced the time bending power of Read more…
She began reading the sentence again. She was tempted to skim over it but it might have information she’d need. Was this old kitchen wisdom even relevant today? If you want an onion to keep, put it in…. the thought paused as she tried to find the word that wasn’t Read more…
All her Jewish friends were posting their amends for Yom Kippur on their socials. Her yoga teacher had said that any big religious holiday was a great time to meditate regardless of your faith. Something about the concentration of energy. Over 15 million people were taking inventory of their sins Read more…
“Wow” she whispered. It was going to be like that. Rude awakenings. Quite literally discovering ugly truths about your new lover before the coffee was cold in the cup. Leesa’s coffee always went cold. She didn’t really love coffee truth be told, but it was the one social libation she Read more…
Monday was such a prick. Unbelievable. Weeks on end of all this talk. Things are going to be different. Get used to a new normal. The earnest avowals. I’ve really had a chance to reset. I am in a good place right now, I wake up feeling rested. Insomnia is Read more…
Nana said it was only a matter of time. A body could only take so much but a mind was a whole other matter. Genny was a strong woman even though she didn’t immediately look it. She wasn’t tall but she was solid; squat and solid and she could set Read more…
It doesn’t look like much, it could easily be mistaken for a lump of dirty soap floating and bobbing in the increasingly tepid water. The skin on her upper arm flesh starts the poultry pucker. The shape is crudely reminiscent of a boat and it floats. Dad’s toy boat. The knife Read more…
The feud had been going for three generations. Mindy didn’t understand why Ed didn’t just sell the stupid house and move them to the city that they loved. There was absolutely nothing special about the old wood paneled rooms other than their size. The plumbing was shit, the new central Read more…