The sun is up and I didn't get a wink of sleep. All I could do was look out the window and watch it rise. The morning rays highlighted the oak tree in our backyard. My flowers were in full bloom, covered in the morning dew. Birds on the feeders were singing to us, rabbits and squirrels chasing each other all around the yard. My perfectly landscaped yard, outlined with the colors of all the flowers took hours to plant and...

“She fell for him all over again” Back in our high school days my wife was a tomboy. Plain, flat, awkward, no make-up or fancy clothes. Too tall, her legs too long for the rest of her body... Not the kind of girl who got any “boy action” in the 1970ʼs. The one thing she had was basketball. Being six feet tall and very competitive she became the captain of the girls’ team and her senior year was an “all area” center. But l...

Another Empty Night I roll the rock glass in my hand and slam down another shot of Jack Daniels. I look out the hotel window as the sun comes up. Great view, a parking lot full of junk cars and the back alley of a strip mall. Guess that’s what you get for a $99 room. I look at her in the motel bed. God! Look at that ass, she must have put on 50 pounds since I popped her cherry at the park after the freshman homecoming dan...