Chasing Summer

Sitting in the way way back of their old, clunky station wagon, I watched the world go by. The best was when we’d come to a stop at an intersection with an extra long light. Green … then yellow … then red. Red lights, I’d …

soda jerk

I muttered my lame excuse over and over again in my head. I supposed it was more believable and certainly more original than the age-old, “my dog ate my homework” bit. It was Friday. The school day had ended with bells on, ringing throughout the …

Boozy Homemade Hot Sauce

Barfly

“Poor old fool,” thought the well-dressed gentleman as he watched an old man fish in a puddle outside a pub. So he invited the old man inside for a drink. As they sipped their whiskeys, the gentleman thought he’d humor the old man and asked, …