Being rule-governed, I operate in a world filled with imaginary restraints. I'm happiest when signs are posted. No spitting, no public urination, no walking on the grass. I might not obey, but at leas...
As it is, we could not call mine a beautiful puss, but it does the job well enough, distinguishing the front of my head from the back.
Amazing how quickly someone else's problems become yours. Trouble creates a vacuum into which the rest of us get sucked.
All the little birdies had flown out of this man's tree.
A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused.
This is the downside of intuition: when it feels so exactly right, other people’s skepticism is infuriating.
Influenced, and I’d be corrupting his
Envied. I gathered they’d just returned from some kind of bridge-oriented cruise in which baby slams and gourmet foods were served up in equal measure. Much talk of no-trump, double finesses, and Shei...
Don’t mind my asking?
You know what they say about living well as the best revenge. I did well because it was the one defense I had. Escape has been the motivating force in my life. Getting away from him, getting away from...
Sometimes these kids are ADHD and sometimes not—but they’re always unemotional. They might have tantrums, but what looks like fury is pure manipulation. They have no empathy and they have no desire to...
I'm not the kind of person who sentimentalizes nature. The outdoors, as far as I can see, is made up almost entirely of copulating creatures who eat one another afterwards.
I think you'd best make your peace with the past since you've come this far. I think you know by now that you won't go back again.
Contributing to the difference in my attitude was the fact that my rage had begun to bore me, and my long whiny tale of woe had become tedious even to my own ears. As much fun as I’d had being irate,...
Climp. After Sloan’s death, the two boys decided to move in with their dad. Joey was in the same graduating class she was. His brother,
I've given this a great deal of thought and what I've realized is that revenge doesn't have to be an eye for an eye. Retaliation can take any number of forms. It doesn't need to be crude or obvious. T...
I made a stop, ducking into the supermarket to pick up milk, Diet Pepsi, bread, eggs, and toilet paper. I was into my siege mentality, looking forward to pulling up the drawbridge and waiting out the...
I was more pissed off in retrospect than I’d been at the time. I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I’d like to say I’m a big fan of forgiveness as long a...
I shrugged, remembering the many swats I’d endured at my Aunt Gin’s hands. She always assured me she’d really give me something to cry about if I wanted to protest.