The heat and humidity were unbearable as I approached the pond hidden behind the resort. So far my first solo vacation to a tropical paradise since the divorce was uneventful and somewhat lonely. The few single women I had encountered were either not inte...
It was a typical rainy Sunday afternoon, and I had the kids with me as their Dad was away with his new woman. We found a coffee shop just before the heavens really opened and a seat just inside the door for some refreshments. The kids were having fun play...
"Are you interested in ancient temples?" she asked. Arthur looked up from his late lunch at the small Welsh country pub outside Pembroke. It was the thirteenth of August. The Summer sun had warmed the afternoon nicely, and the patio table he sat at was in...
Sixty-year-old divorcee Alan Storrie had been to watch a top comedian at his local theatre on his own, he did virtually everything on his own these days. He had become something of a recluse after his ex-wife Shirley left him about three years previously...
The airport terminal was crowded and noisy as Ray stood at the conveyor and waited for his bag to come around, jostling with the others that waited impatiently as the baggage carousel churned slowly. He kept his head down as he tried to avoid the cameras...
Sue and Chris Smith were walking in the village to which they had moved several years ago when Sue noticed a couple on the other side of the road that looked vaguely familiar. "Do they remind you of anyone, her in particular?" Sue said to her husband. "We...
Forty-four-year-old Marie Thompson was in a pub on a girls night out with three fellow teachers from the local high school. It was a quite nice pub but one that Marie had not been in for some time. The four women got a seat and then, having ascertained wh...
He saw her first; she recognized him staring. Parallel memories reprised when she had loved him, possessed him, and, ultimately, discarded him. His tie removed, she saw the leather band beneath his collar that showed he was bound. That and his stunned loo...
It was a glorious morning. I was on vacation and taking a hike along a secluded forest pathway. My camera was finding lots of great subjects for pictures. Nature was posing for me in all her glory. The birds were singing. Some actually sat still while I t...
Sue turned towards the bathroom. Looking back over her shoulder, she ordered Mark to get undressed and into bed. Mark obeyed and waited. On leaving the bathroom, Sue stopped in the doorway. She looked down on Mark’s nude shape, on the bed. Even in the moo...
Instead of the usual hour, it had taken Mark this Sunday morning only forty minutes to clear the city and reach the open road. It was sunny and promised to become a warm December day. With the window open and the breeze in his hair, it would make for a pl...
When I got on the plane in Manila to continue my journey to Frankfurt, my assigned window seat was taken. A child or woman was curled up in sleep or indifference against the cabin's wall. The plane's flight had started in Tokyo, and she or it had taken po...
It was a beautiful, sunny day; not too hot, not too cool. I drove out to one of the more remote county parks to relax by the river for a while. I have an annual pass and didn’t have to stop at the self-serve stand to pay and register. As I was headed fo...
I'm working the canyon's shadow side, chasing tiny birds. From across, I catch the flash. Binocular glass. I take a peep and see her, leaning against a tree, watching me. Is it the jolt of an unexpected Aphrodite in this time of loneliness that compels me...
I don't like fishing, but I love the woods, so every month we hit our favorite camping spot by the river. Cute couple in the next spot come over with coffee and lend a hand getting us settled. The boys immediately talk rods and reels, while she and I shar...
