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So. Here I am, 15 years old, sitting at the head of a table which is occupied by 11 men ranging in age from old through elderly and onto tottery old-age. There are also 3 officials from government offices. They are all looking at me and waiting for my answer. They all look nervous, as though there are millions of dollars at stake. Which there are. It’s a strange story and it will make better reading as a fairy-tale than it will www.onedoor.ccin real life. Except for those dollars, of course. I read a lot. I’m at the local library twice a week and on each visit I take out 2 books which I devour in a few day...
Tommy's Risky Ride
“I think she’s a vampire,” Jimmy rolled three red dice. Tony rolled two white dice. Clenching his pudgy fist in victory, Jimmy pushed his plastic cannons into Brazil. “Ha, South America is mine!”“She’s too old to be a vampire,” Tony leaned across the table and reluctantly pulled his two armies from the board. “Everybody knows vampires don’t get old.”“Oh, and you’re the expert, huh?” Jimmy drew a card and passed the three red dice to his left. He reached into a bowl of chips and grabbed a handful.Catching the word ‘vampire’ as he finished washing his hands in the basement bathroom, Tommy quickl...
Plead My Case
A bright light shone in my eyes."All right, perp. What do you have to say?"I blinked. "Um, what's going on?""What do you mean, what's going on? You were caught red-handed at the biggest crime of the century."I was shocked. What?! I didn't do any crime! I was literally walking through the furniture store when... I'm not sure. It's fuzzy, but I think I sat down on one of the recliners and took a nap or something, but I didn't break the law."I'm sorry...what's your name?" I asked as innocently as I could."That's Sir to you!""Okay, sir, I'm sorry but I believe you have the wrong person. I was just...
Mothering
Carmen invades my mind a lot, even years after her astonishing death. Life is strange like that, sometimes. How people who didn’t necessarily have a starring role in your life sometimes have the greatest impact. As an adult, I think of Carmen as the mom I want to be. She’s the mom I try to be, even though I will never be as carefree and full of joy as she was. I parent with law and order, Carmen did it with wildness and magic. As a kid, though, Carmen was the mom we all wished was our own. It was the way of preteen girls then and now; your own mother could never understand you the way another ...