It happened when Tabitha was nine. Actually she was pretty close to ten. It happened at her cousin Samantha’s party. Their birthdays were three weeks apart. When they were little they shared their parties, then Samantha developed her gluten allergy. There were always extra details to make up for Read more…
They are a perfect set. Karin is thrilled at the find. Sally Ann is the giver that keeps on giving and today is like a birthday. Karin picks up the bone china cup marveling at the Yves Klein blue of it, there is a circle of gold where it sat Read more…
It was parked taking up two spots. Theresa took an extra long inhale through her pinched nostrils and continued creeping up the block looking for a spot. Only her idiot sister would park her already oversized Tahoe so selfishly on a street where parking was so dear. Bitch. No, Theresa, Read more…
Bethany hates sharing her birthday with her sister. They don’t have a great relationship and it will never change. They have little in common, and other than being twins they are completely unlike. They do not have shared psychic experiences. Bethany wishes she was an only child, which is what Read more…
“Hey.” I have the coolest big sister out of all my friends. It’s not just because she has a verse of The Raven tattooed along the inner fingers of her left hand. She talks to me about everything and tells me I can ask her anything, anything at all. She Read more…
Jeremy loathed these visits with his old aunt Violet. They always started like this, the endless questions that never evolved into an actual conversation. (What is going on with your hair? Are you still chewing on your fingernails? Are you trying out for the tennis team? ) And it was Read more…
Hope on a Tightrope by Cornel West 8 min on the bed, 1.15.13 It’s not her fault. She had to share everything until she could provide it for herself. There wasn’t one thing she ever had new before the age of nine. There were eight of them and she Read more…
Astray by Emma Donaghue 8 min @ Hub Coffeehouse, 1.11.13 Why didn’t she remember that she hated musicals? Well technically Pip didn’t hate musicals anymore, and there was so much hype around the film. Dom like everyone else wanted to check out the pomp and pageantry, but this was that one. Read more…