You can’t get what you want (til you know what you want)
I fell in love with good music, including jazz, after my first adult crush on a slightly older woman while I was still in high […]
The Shamrock
It’s another night at the Shamrock Bar. A dark dive bar on a dark street in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. Strip malls […]
Rocking
In his mind, run-down motel rooms usually matched his mood and always fit his self-esteem flawlessly. This night was no exception. He had been fighting […]
The Diner.
Operating since 1947, the Colonial Diner, in the little southern New England beach town called Napatree is open from sunrise to 1 am every day […]
10-54
The call was made only forty minutes before LAPD officer Luis Navarro’s shift ended. For weeks, he has been looking forward to tonight’s drive-in outing, […]
Happy Birthday, Nightmare
Today is my birthday. The hundreds of Facebook posts wishing me a happy day will not let me forget. The only true lifelong friend, my […]
Being Broken Is…
The chance that at any moment, you might finally lose control and just start sobbing.
In lieu of flowers
My first introduction to death was at the tender age of eight. My aunt died unexpectedly at 52 from a stroke. I was brought to […]
The Hurricane.
Wednesday. September 21, 1938. Gordon and Dot worried that the new baby would have a harelip like their toddler, Lee, was born with and would […]