My Ribeye_Lucille Takes the Super Chief_Seashells and Tigers_Love Blossoms
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My Ribeye
“My Ribeye” “Robert, Robert, have you been here before?” Marci asked. “Robert?”I looked at Marci and nodded.Marci is the PTA president, condo board member of our community, PETA advocate, Girl Scout den mother and lead attention seeker of my wife’s group of friends. She organized this current outing of four couples and the only reason I agreed to attend is because it is at my favorite steak house. And because my wife Kristin asked me to attend, which is pretty much the same as her telling me to attend. Earlier this week I had been informed by Kristin that I needed to increase my circle of frie...
Lucille Takes the Super Chief
Lucille Takes the Super ChiefImmediately after boarding the train, Lucille climbed up the steps to the domed observatory and ordered a scotch and soda to calm her nerves. Even as The Super Chief lurched away from its pause in the rococo splendor of this Midwestern Union Station, and began its steady labor towards Los Angeles, part of Lucille still remained unconvinced that armed police would not burst through the doors and haul her off the train. It was not common in 1959 for a wife to travel without her husband, and Lucille felt like a fugitive. She was in flight not from the law, but from th...
Seashells and Tigers
Last week I drove you to the airport. It was a ride of pride and pain; you were off to Australia. Why so far away? When you came into the kitchen that Saturday afternoon, all flushed with excitement about your gap year doing a beekeeping internship in Queensland, my heart fluttered with joy and plummeted with grief.When we loaded your guitar www.onedoor.ccinto the trunk of my tired Suzuki, you closed the boot with a bang and went to the front seat. I sat beside you trying to make little jokes about how bees wouldn’t like these banging noises and you nodded quietly as you always do. I put the car in gear and...
Love Blossoms
Darkness covered the surface of the deep canyon of Telluride. The day didn’t start with the sun, but with the formless taking shape from light that just appeared. The mountains became apparent as the atmosphere brightened as if by a dimmer switch.“Breathtaking ““What did you just say?”“You know, the way the light is shimmering and the colors are appearing- breathtaking.”“ Oh, I heard you. I just can’t believe you are ruining the moment with cliches.”“Emily, you’re breathtaking, “ he said as he put his arm around her shoulder. Her head was pulled backwards as his arm tugged her bushy chestnu...