Basements and Ginger Ale
My favorite New Years Eve was at the home of friends of the family; the Conelleys. I think they were closer to my Aunt Leonia than my mother, but they knew all my aunts and uncles. They were all part of this…
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Christmas Eve
You couldn’t have asked for a more perfect family Christmas Eve. There was a way too big fire in the family room, the family fav Christmas movie was on TV and everyone, (including the girls) were sipping some hopped up egg…
Rockettes
No, this isn’t about some twelve year old’s fever dream of pretty older girls high kicking and dancing on stage. Sure, it could be, but it is not. I didn’t think of them that way. Sure they were pretty, but…
Alphaville
It’s actually a suburb of São Paulo, Brazil. What kind of place is it? Well, smack in the middle of the ritziest area we operated a factory, (my former company did that is.) Somehow, this factory survived, in that spot,…
Come Fly With Me
My seat mate is cool, I’ll give you that. A mother traveling on a fun trip with her young daughter. They’re both giggly, and despite EVERYTHING, I’ve enjoyed talking with momma bear. THE EVERYTHING It’s spring break, the plane…
The Priest
Father Ryan stared at the ceiling. He could hear the school coming alive with the sunrise. Students would be dressing and heading for breakfast, and after breakfast he would be conducting the morning chapel service. There was only one small…
The Roasting Pan
It feels a little bit like giving up. Like when you decide just to put up the little Christmas tree. The one that fits on the tabletop, because there’s really no one but yourself to enjoy it. There is always…
Székesfehérvár
I’ve stayed in hotels all over the world but certain ones stick in your mind. The Magyar in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. To say this was an old hotel would be an understatement. It is over 200 years old, and I am…
The Ringer
Her reception was entirely predictable. Stacy and Anna were the queens of the office, usually at odds, but at times like this, fearsome allies. Megan, the new stenographer had three things that were sure to stoke their fury: Stephan had…
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