Mother Nature

Afraid to awaken the mother of all life. I stood in front of her face waiting to find the right moment to announce myself. A light breeze pasted across her face pushing her hair back as she opened her eyes....

Refreshing

The heat of working outside was getting to me. A bead of sweat rippled down  my temple, continue past my right cheek to my jaw, where it rested a few seconds before falling to the cracked hard desert soil. I reached for  the can...

Wanted!

Santa was on the loose. Keeping us all in suspense, no one knew where he was or where he'd strike next...

Laundry Day

With pruned and wrinkly hands I hung the laundry out to dry. One towel after the other. Who knew if there was enough time left before the clouds would start rolling in. A race lingered between wet laundry and the darkening horizon...

Scrumptious!

The creamy smooth call of chocolate called for me. Not being able to stop the frenzy that lay beneath the surface. I grabbed one chocolate after another, unwrapping each one and popping the small dobs of pure bliss. First starting with a sticky sweetness until the warmth of my mouth melted each one into liquid form and it slid down my throat giving me the intoxication I desired. There was just one thing...

Blood

As far as I knew he needed my blood and with out it he would go on living an average life, but I knew he needed it to be whole to be better and to continue on being the miraculous person that he was. This was a sacrifice I was willing to accept. My blood was a precious limited resource...

Bacon for Breakfast

It was breakfast time at the Johnson's house which could only mean one thing; bacon, eggs and fresh hot biscuits with butter were waiting to be eaten. Mornings like these made Jane feel like she was back in the nineteen fifties.