The bad economy over the past five years or so has been devastating for many companies. That is especially true for small businesses that don’t have the resources to ride out the hard times. Larger companies can survive by laying off employees, or otherwise having adequate funding. Our family was especially hard hit since I lost my job as an administrative assistant in a large company, and my husband’s small business suff...

Stuart's Perspective The Mid-Atlantic region of the United States has played an important role in the development of American commerce, culture, trade and industry. The Jamestown settlement in the old Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in that area of the Americas and is about fifty miles southeast of Richmond. The northern Virginia area is steeped in the history of those early settlers, so bein...

Most people realize that their occupation and resulting pay level determines the location and type of housing they can afford. Some of those just starting out in life don’t have the resources or earning power to buy a home and end up living in apartments. I was fortunate that even with just an associate degree in medical technology; and a little help from my parents, my salary was just barely enough to allow my young fami...

The floods in Colorado in the fall of 2013 caused devastating losses thought to exceed two billion dollars. It rained for several days and the water accumulated in the mountain foothills and eventually came roaring out of the valleys and canyons in historically-destructive swollen creeks and streams. Roads were completely washed away in many places and the landscape was changed by the sand, rocks, and debris that were mov...

Working for a large company can be a grind sometimes, but the rewards help make up for it. I went to work for a large sporting goods distributor right out of college. Only six years later, at the age of twenty-eight, I was a senior product manager and was being considered for a director’s position. I’m an avid golfer, and always felt that socializing with my superiors on the golf course helped me get ahead. My name is Ed,...

There can be huge cultural and social differences in being brought up in the Deep South, as compared to the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. My husband, Ed, and I were born and raised in a mostly white, suburb of Jackson, Mississippi that has a very low African-American population. Our families and friends are racists, and always preferred to be segregated from black people. It was only natural that we would grow...

I have recently been thinking about the sexual experiences earlier in my life that have molded my somewhat perverted, bisexual desires. I love to perform oral sex of any kind. Early on I developed a ravenous taste for pussy juice, cum, and even piss. That ultimately led me to my cuckold and cock sucking desires and fantasies. This story chronicles an experience I had while in high school during the 1970s. I think you’ll a...

It is a little unusual to find a couple who was born and raised in Fargo, North Dakota living in North Carolina. That is the case for my wife, Cindy, and me when we moved to Raleigh. My father retired from the Army and he and Mom were living near Raleigh when his health declined. Mom needed help taking care of things around the house from time to time, so I agreed to move near them and help. My name is Greg and I went to...

There have been stories in the news recently about the importance of kids having stable homes with loving mothers and fathers. I was blessed with just such a home, except that my parents are both very busy with their careers and related social events with other adults and had little time for me. I know that I'm loved, but not enough for them to pay much attention to my personal life. My name is Tori, and I was sixteen yea...