Tick, tock. Tick, tock. The battery run wall clock faithfully pulses time through the cabin’s interior. At this moment, it is working its melodic tick, ...

“Would you like to go outside today?” I asked Sister when I showed up at her room on the second floor of the Franciscan convent. ...

I only have a few hours left here. I spent the entire day preparing for my departure. The change resembles going from heaven to earth, ...

I pulled out the small shopping cart at Trig’s Supermarket and began my meandering search for this year’s supplies, list in hand. Unlike the Ten ...

The plane would leave at 9:30 p.m., meaning we needed to schedule the airport transport to arrive no later than 7:30. It was an hour ...

If you are here, you can’t be there. If you’re there, you can’t be here. Unless, of course, you have made a clone of yourself ...

The traffic sped by us, easily exceeding legal limits by ten to fifteen miles per hour. The large, long semis appeared out of nowhere, covering ...

It is the be-twixted and between hour of the morning. I rolled over to see the red numbers on the alarm clock flash 4:04 a.m. ...

The twisted tree lives its life, while the straight tree ends up in boards. Chinese Proverb Or, my 2024 version: The twisted tree lives its ...