By: Dan Cardoza It’s late October, my favorite time of year. I can smell the damp rust of autumn leaves in the crisp air. I vow to take my sweet time on this beautiful Saturday morning. After mowing the lawn, I…
By: Alyssa Trivett It was never the property, or any sort of bloodline. Lightbulbs crackled like World War II radio static. Dogs being walked stopped in their tracks. Fan blades always whir, the switch was never flipped. Your clothes collect dust….
By: Alan Berger Of course they grew up together on the same block and were closer than the brothers and sisters that they were dealt. Mike and Paul, Paul and mike. Of course, yeah sure. Both of their fathers were…
By: Alan Berger A wedding? What are you nuts? Let me straiten you out. So what if I wasn’t born into it? I was born, and I grabbed it. We didn’t start off in bad shape. Who does? Not us….
By: Alan Berger What a wonderful year it was for business. An architect with a waiting line was he. Word gets around after you do a few good buildings. Then again, I do have a style reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright….
By: Preeth Ganapathy On stillness In the morning, The stillness descends easy. As I sit by, The side of The placid Lake waters Observing the dew flecked petals Of the red Gulmohar flower And ride gently on the Vagabond White clouds…
By: Elizabeth Stansberry “Rain” I know a man who works in coffee and chemistry. He can tell you how many cups of coffee it takes to create the perfect Buzz. 5 to 7. He can tell you how many atoms are…
By: Vanessa Cutts The question asked to describe something complex in simple terms. Ray looked around the room at the calendar, at the clock, the laptop and then noticed an executive toy on the desk. Yes, executive toys still existed….
By Marc Carver PUT THAT BACK MAC I went into Macdonald’s with my 2 pound voucher the Indian man behind the counter stared at me. I got my food and sat down then a man started to shout at a…
By: Alan Berger My internet bill somehow didn’t get paid on time, after time, and they finally shut it down. I guess I put it aside to cover the rent, which hasn’t been paid either. I probably tucked that away to…