Life in the newspaper business has many twists and turns. Even more so now with so many papers going out of business. Employment can be hard to come by so just finding work of any kind is always appreciated. Recently, I was hired by The Thornhill Daily, a...
(a song, to be sung country-western style, with a jangly guitar)I knew a girl in my hometown her name was Sara-LouA tale of seven rides she told each word, she swore, was true.Sixteen, she hitched thru Tennessee; he drove a black sedan.Her young...
There’s a moment of hesitation, as if she can’t believe that I’ve decided to stop, before she finally makes her mind up and trots towards my car. I size her up through the rear view as she approaches. I have to admit, it’s a wonderful sight.The sun is...
“So where are you headed?”“Wherever.”“Is that a plan or a statement of fact?”“Whatever.”The girl leans back and begins tapping on her mobile, completely absorbed, the way young people do. I say girl; I suppose she’s a young woman, but I estimate her age...
It was a day like any other, I was driving down the nice country lane on the way home from work. The only problem with working in the city was the fact that I lived in the country. It was an hour-long drive to get to and from work every day, but the drive...
He is driving down the road, for the first time in the past year, trying to clear his mind and find the courage to see the house at the end, he sees her standing there in the sunlight. He thinks she is a mirage. The sun is shining through the trees like a...
It had been a long journey that I was on. Four years in college and four years at the seminary. I had degrees in philosophy and in theology. I chose this for myself. I had a sign from God when I was recovering from Cancer as a young child. Jesus came...
The sun was beating down off the old black State highway. Outside must have been nearly a hundred degrees. Inside the Audi A4, the AC vents blew a cool hard seventy over Glenn's knuckles, as the speedometer flirted with ninety miles per hour. His eyes sca...
Woody Allen was wrong. Way back in his stand up days, he said that people who are bisexual double their chances for a date on Saturday night. I only started having sex with men about ten years ago, but I'd say it at least quadruples your chances. In all m...
The Malibu pulled into the unpaved parking space just in front of the office of the Traveller’s Lodge. The ten room strip motel was just off the side of the roadway, located between here and there in the middle of the forest. There were only two other car...
Ten years ago... It was Friday night, a week before Bonnie was to head off to her freshman year in university. Earlier in the day, Bonnie’s dad had surprised her by giving her the car to take with her. “When we get there and get you settled in, I’ll take...
It was Bonnie’s dad who had instilled in her the love of a good, long road-trip. Her appreciation of the finer things such as a car loaded with snack-food and CDs, rest stops, and the nuances of “roadkill bingo” were all because of him. He enjoyed plannin...
A man and wife were on vacationDriving down some state bywayThey just sat there most quietlyLooking at corn and and fields of hay.In their early marriage, their younger yearsThey were quite sexually diverseThreesomes and swapping was the normBut a sexual...
The cold wind whipped my hair into my face. Several strands stuck to my cheeks since they were covered in tears. I swiped angrily at the offending strands and let out a small curse. It had been a hard enough afternoon and I wasn't in the mode to deal with...
The HitchhikerIt had been a long stressful day, with work overloading myself and I felt weary as I climbed into my car and looked at the time. 9.17 PM. It was getting late, and the dusk of nightfall was just beginning to settle in. I set off from work, an...
