An eclectic mix of life, art & fiction

  • Learning to Fly

    Learning to Fly

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series After my mother passed away, I was totally without family. I never knew my biological father, and my mother had no relatives to speak of. She never talked about her past, so I had… Read More

  • Breadcrumbs

    Breadcrumbs

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series The story of my first crush is a little weird. I was twelve, and about as wild as they come. Not in a bad way, really. I just had this boundless energy that drove… Read More

  • In the Calm

    Your life will be in order when disorder ceases to bother you. James Pierce Read More

  • The Release

    The Release

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series When Delilah was about three or four, I lost her in the grocery store. I found her – thank God – and the whole ordeal makes for an amusing anecdote, but that’s not the… Read More

  • Trouble in Paradise

    Trouble in Paradise

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series It’s not necessarily a good thing when the people you love think too highly of you. Dizzy always did, but that kind of changed the night of the spin the bottle game – when… Read More

  • A Visual Story

    A Visual Story

    Today’s Word of the Day Challenge was Timeless. Besides the fact that I wanted to take a break from the story – I thought that the best way to sum up the word was with an image. I’ve been super… Read More