Month: September 2021

I’m not the best judge when it comes to betting money. I always lost more than I won, and sometimes in humiliating ways. For example, my wife Susan bet I couldn’t finish the “Spicy Burrito Mega Challenge, Finish This Burrito and It’s Absolutely Free” at La Cocina. Try to picture me, a big athletic guy like me, taking one bite […]

The booming sound of Alexis’ loud music coming from the bathroom was the last push that Kofi needed to get up from bed. The clothes on his back cascaded down his body as he got out of bed, his face lighting up in a smile over the kindness his little sister had shown him by picking out the clothes that […]

We had finished dinner, and I was putting the dishes in the dishwasher while my husband was checking a few emails in the other room. A knock came at the front door, which was not surprising since it was election season and different canvassers were stopping by frequently hoping to get our votes for one candidate or another. “Babe, can […]

I see you watching me, secretly. Little glances letting me know you’re there, without me staring at you. I’ll give you a tip, the net curtains in your bedroom window are more see-through than you realise, I can see you through them. Not clearly, but enough to note your presence. Also, when it starts getting darker outside, having a light […]

I met Lisa from an on-line dating site. My wife had left me, we divorced amicably. I actually liked the woman she ran off with, Maria, a tall sexy Latina. I wasn’t sure I could handle the dating scene, but I gave it a try. After a few false starts, I met Lisa for lunch and we hit it off. […]

You would appreciate the look on my face at the bar. A vapid, neutral smile, which I force up to my eyes the way you always told me to. I am fully the creep now, old as I am. He is the young guy, available – deliciously available to me, with his large hands, blockish arms, what, twenty-four? twenty-five? Half […]

Our life together was splendid. We had a beautiful house and two beautiful girls. They were always with us whatever we were doing, wherever we were going. But after a few years of playing good parents all the time, we wanted and needed some time just for us. I believe that Anna’s parents recognized this need and graciously offered us […]

Markos sat on his haunches, resting for a few precious moments before spreading out the old, ornate red-and-gold Afghan rugs he carried with him across the sand beneath his feet. He had been traversing a traditional Tuareg trade route from the salt mines of Taoudenni south to bustling Timbuktu for the past several days, and he was spent. An anthropology […]

A psychologist might call it a crisis of conscience. However, I don’t think that puts this transmogrification in proper context. Morally, I never had a problem with what I chose to do after high school, even though I know it would bother some people. But now, my life felt stagnant and devoid of change. After five years, I needed a […]

We’ve never done anything like that before. Jenny and I have been married for over ten years. We’ve done a lot, more than most couples, including some travel. Jenny and I own VJ Enterprises, Inc. That’s V for Vince and J for Jennifer. Over the years, the company has been very successful, allowing Jenny and I to live comfortable, stress […]