A Christmas Present

Mary Katherine was petrified and she wasn’t going anywhere. “Mary Katherine, your team needs you, come on sweetheart, I know you can do this.”  She shook her head no.  She was wringing her hands and beads of sweat had bubbled up on her forehead and upper lip.  Yet I was certain that if she would […]

Thankful

For my beautiful wife of 25 years. For my two kids, even though they’re both presently teenagers and at times bear more resemblance to the Martian visitors in Mars Attacks!  Both of them have the ability to be kind, understanding, courteous and thankful–just not on the same day. For my extended family. For my many […]

Sharon, will you go out with me?

  It took me twenty minutes to make the ten minute drive to the bank.  My palms were sweating and my heart was racing as I finally came to a stop at the drive through.  Sharon waved and smiled, pulled the microphone close and said “Hi John.”  I fumbled with the metal cylinder, inserted my […]

A Review of Lowcountry Boil

Are you looking for a clever murder mystery?  One with a unique sense of place and enough quirky characters to make the cast of The Big Bang Theory take notice. Can you deal with a ghost as a central character? And I don’t mean a ghost in the traditional sense, one that fades in and […]