Your new haircut is super sexy. XOXO Kelly smiled as she looked at the index card in her hand. She found it next to the phone on her desk, the first place she looked each day when arriving at work. The notes were sporadic, but they always appeared in the same location. They started appearing about three weeks prior. The [...]

If relationships have seasons, we are in fall. The greenery and flowers have faded leaving only our spindly frames. Carl ripped the note from its conspicuous spot on the front door. “Hey Marge! What’s this supposed to mean? You know I don’t understand these cryptic scribbles of yours!” An unusual silence greeted Carl’s inquiry. “Marge? Are you here?” Carl peeked [...]

I hear that walking is good for you. It strengthens your muscles and exercises your heart. It can do way more than that. I was just over 3 hours into my walk, quite tired and heading back to the hotel. My small point-and-shoot camera had snapped images that stood out to me, touches of India that I wanted to keep [...]

“We really don’t care about the mating habits of ferrets, John.” Frank leaned in toward the group in order to be heard above the noise of the bar. “Yeah, whatever, Frank. You don’t care about anything but drinking.” “I’ll drink to that.” Frank raised his glass as the others joined in for a mock toast. “It really was quite an [...]

I went for a walk today. This is perhaps my favorite activity in India. My family and friends are so far away, still sleeping at the moment. So I walk alone. It is hot. It is always hot in Chennai. My fair skin prepares for the scorching which the sun will undoubtably provide. My feet burn hot on the pavement. [...]

“Hey momma, do we have any crip-tite?” Garrett hopped up on a stool next to the kitchen counter. “I’m not sure what that is so I don’t guess we do.” Mom pointed at the plate of cookies in front of Garrett. “Don’t get into those cookies. I told you earlier that you’ve had enough.” “Crip-tite is the stuff that makes [...]

Die Toten Wald was not the place one would normally raise a family. Haunted and cursed, a source of evil and monsters, the woods divided the country. Untameable and ancient, no sane man made it home. But die Toten Dorf was a hardy village, and the last stop before entering the western edge of the black forest. Staring at the [...]