Buying a second horse made me love my first horse more*

*And not because he is naughty

Getting Wired: The Launch (1992–93)

(continuation of a previous post)

The Crime of the Century, or at Least the Weekend

A true story of compounding stupidity

Work with Your Head

At seventy-five, I lost interest in programming and finally understood my father

Editor’s Choice Feature Fiction #78 & FLF Prompt #113

Hometown happenings, Halloween impressions, and first steps

The Best “Stretchercise” in the World

Why you should be doing the “Harris Triples.”

Mothering My Child Who Died

I am still June’s mother and I make sure she knows it.

I Owe an Apology to the Boy Who Took Ritalin in the Nurse’s Office

I spent decades sure ADHD looked like him. Then I got my own diagnosis

Wait’s Reward

A poem

Hospital Ghosts

Unfortunately, this is a true story

A 10-Year-Old Girl Abducted in My Hometown Two Days Ago

Lock your doors and windows

Can I Use AI in My Writing at The Narrative Arc?

The short answer is ‘no’

Star Trek’s Chekov was My Next-Door Neighbor

R.I.P. Walter  Koenig — I’ll always remember your dog-walks

Would He Stay If the Baby Wasn’t His?

I’d faced the consequences of telling the truth before, but this time I had so much more to lose

The Places Where the Light Gets In

Life breaks everyone at some point

I Don’t Believe in Ghosts. But the Sparrows Come Anyway

When it comes to the dead, seeing isn’t always believing

Saturdays, Sundays and the Joy of Sharing

Remembering family days of sweet treats and nature’s harvest

It Felt Like the End of The World in The Summer of ‘74

I was ten years old when a swarm of flying roaches descended on me