An excerpt of my new Work in Progress, untitled as of now. My phone alerts me that someone is at the door. I don’t remember setting that up on my phone, although I know Emily’s house has a Ring system.I click on the notification.This can’t be.It looks like Emily, and she’s coming toward the frontContinue reading “A Haunting Reunion: Emily’s Return”
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Thanksgiving
I woke up at 6 am this morning, by my current standards, sleeping in. My first thought was, “I’m gonna be late.” Late to what? It is, after all, Thanksgiving morning. Every place I might think to go and write for a few hours is closed today. I am a creature of habit. Even toContinue reading “Thanksgiving”
A Sunday at Peet’s- Now, but also then
It is a rare Sunday visit to Peet’s, a coffee shop in the town where I live. Only one of the regulars that I have become used to seeing on my more common weekday morning visits is here. I have known of Peet’s since my days back in college in a much earlier life. ThenContinue reading “A Sunday at Peet’s- Now, but also then”
Friends, Now
When I take a count the number of people in my life who have been truly good friends, I get a very small number. There were many casual friends from my old employer. I used to see them every workday. Some of them I knew for more than twenty years. After that long, I wouldContinue reading “Friends, Now”
Memory is the Key 