Competition Entry: First Time First Holiday without Hubby There seemed to be an extra urgency to the phones ringing tone. Picking up the receiver I tentively said, “hello?” “Oh thank god you are at home,” it was one of my best friends, Jan. “What’s the …
Flo brings Brenda The next day I had one early class. When it was over I walked quickly across campus, then on to Aunt Flo’s house. It was about 11:30 AM. Aunt Flo and her friend Brenda were having coffee at the kitchen table. Flo …
I’d been seeing Carla for almost three years. It was a fading romance, with the emphasis on fading, rather than romance. A year of separate colleges hadn’t done anything to pull us back together after the fading started in our last year of high school. I’d …
Competition Entry: First Time Cheaters never prosper, they used to tell me. I’ve made a life of cheating, and while I wouldn’t say I’ve prospered, I wouldn’t complain. My wife never really understood me. Hell, I never much understood her. But over the years, we …
CHAPTER 5 “Batching it isn’t all that it’s cut out to be,” I thought. My dad had left a to-do list that kept me pretty much occupied. The gardener still came once a week to do the flower beds, but it was up to me …
Competition Entry: First Time The year 1980. I just graduated from college (21yrs of age) and was actively looking for a job in the engineering field. Living in a rust belt town, engineering jobs were few and far between due to the downturn in the steel …
