The soft rain, invisible to the naked eye Falling gingerly down from heaven Genteel in its muted cacophony Painting the street a somber gray Filling in the subtle mid-vales With shallow pools reflecting light Trailing in their wake This young couple, heedless Passing under dull lamps Posted sentinels announcing fair Pale umbrella shielding hair Every … Continue reading By Pale Lamplight (Inspired by a Leonid Afremov painting)
What I remember most about my dad were his shoelaces, slapping against the asphalt as he came out to greet me at the bus stop every day. I guess it was about convenience for him at the time, but to a six-year old it just seemed sloppy. I can still clearly recall him standing at … Continue reading My Dad’s Shoelaces: A Short Story
Imagine this: you are one-half of the biggest international recording music group. Your concerts are always sold out, girls are throwing themselves at you, and you are making phenomenal amounts of money. Then the other half of the group decides he can do better without you. And in the blink of an eye, it’s all … Continue reading The Andrew Ridgeley Syndrome
We can all agree that the two most powerful emotions in the world are love and hate. Indeed, every other emotion seems to stem from these two. Things like jealousy, longsuffering, greed, compassion, despair, and redemption ride in on one of those two thoroughbreds, love or hate. There have been many love songs written and … Continue reading Hate is Stronger Than Love
Just a small note before I begin the Top 5 this week. I will be listing my top 5 cities in which to have a vacation, but I am only choosing from cities I have actually visited for some length of time. Therefore, I will not be extolling the virtues of Paris, Belize, Rio de … Continue reading Sam’s Friday Top 5: Vacation Cities
The thaw came quite suddenly, and without warning, the three-fingers deep snow that had blanketed the ground for months gone in the blink of a cardinal’s eye. The deer felt it first, with their sensitive pelts and skittish nature. We could see them all throughout this sleepy Midwestern town the night before, stamping their hooves … Continue reading The Thaw
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