Relaxing on the River

Stress kills. He needed to get away. Relax. Enjoy life. Business would go on without him for one day.

He hadn’t been to the park in forever. Not since family picnics.

He’d read about how the

Breakfast at the Diner

There really wasn’t much opportunity for a woman in those days. I left my apartment and rode the N train downtown to my secretarial job each morning, rain or shine. The work was typically dull. They didn’t trust a woman with anything much beyond typing, filing, and getting coffee. And running to the cleaners, can’t forget that one.

Waterwalkers

The cellphone rang then the TV flashed white, black, white again. Julius glanced up at the TV as his phone rang a second time. Without checking, he lifted it to his ear.

Aunt Lyona’s

Aunt Lyona’s was an amusement park. Mom dropped them on the way to work. “Now be good little girls,” she said.

“We will,” they chorused.

Lyona’s closet was off-limits. The girls decided to investigate regardless.