“Well, I was at the supermarket, and thought I saw Dad. I recognized the back of his head with that stick up hair, but when I chased him, he vanished. Annoyed, I got in line to check-out when I saw him heading out the door. I figured he’d not spotted me and chased after him, but he got into a waiting taxi and drove off.” “He left?” Deb asked, frowning. “Angry, I came straight home only to find him sleeping…
Dangerous Game They lied about how they met. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t a lie, but it wasn’t the whole truth, either. To know their entire story was a dangerous game to play. The weight of knowing an unbearable burden, a constant reminder of the suffocating net they were entangled in. Few partook, and most were dead. For the rest, it was inevitable their luck would run out. A perilous dance between life and death, forever bound to a fate that seemed…
October, the glorious month of magnificent color changes amongst the foliage, falling leaves, and the slow transformation from a long hot summer to the chill of autumn. Brightly coloured pumpkins, crunchy apples, yeasty donuts, sweet cider, dark nights, morning fogs, and a crisp wind in the air. Being my first year in well over a decade back in the Mountains I’m ready for all of this. Fire pit evenings, star gazing, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, hoodies, hiking, and watching the…