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Read the other chapters here. When I caught up with Benny the following week, I told him about seeing the woman and her little foster charge, about the Church’s foster

Read the previous chapters here. I forgot all about Sherilynn and Hank. Between cleaning up pumpkin remains and checking the website for new reservations, it was like they hadn’t even

(The family farm) I come from a long line of travelers. My paternal grandmother’s family arrived in America in the early 1600’s. They settled in Connecticut but fanned out across

(To read the previous chapter click here.) “So, you guys are Wireheads?” I said, not really asking. I had heard The Wireheads tales, and hadn’t thought too much of it. 

(Read the previous chapter click here.) Back home standing on my stoop, I didn’t feel the least bit guilty after the movie was over, and I decided to take the

Ever since I was a small child, my brother, father and I would cozy up on the couch on Christmas Eve and read “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” My

(St. Mary's Industrial school before the 1919 fire. Wikipedia Commons) Though I am hardly old, I have reached an age where some people, particularly those in their undergraduate years, ask

It’s fair to say my life has had some drama in it. Much of it was beyond my control but I must admit that much of it was self-induced. Life

You place your napkin in your lap and see that you are still wearing your apron.  You smile.  The table is set with your good dishes on a white