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 except Fridays and Saturdays, when it is open 24 hours. The servers consist of the […]
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, and the thought of missing it after months of headaches and grief from Covid19 was […]
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 nightmare, doesn’t do anything special for me on this day. It’s like any other. Since […]
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 funeral home because someone thought I was old enough to process what was going […]
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 need expensive surgery to repair it. It must run in the family, they had decided. […]