An Abbreviated Catalog of the Living

  I begin each day with at least two coffees. Or espressos. Sometimes black tea.   I often second-guess myself. And third-guess. And fourth-guess.   I love the feeling of drinking a cold beer in the sunny, hot afternoons on my first days visiting Florida in the winter.   I hate heat. I hate Florida. […]

N.D.A.

I haven’t told my boss. I haven’t told my coworkers, either. I’m only telling you because somebody needs to know the story — the whole story. If I hadn’t been smart, hadn’t first hired the lawyer — the lawyers — my name would have ended up in the news. And before I hired them, I […]

Cameron

Cameron finally got home, right before midnight. I looked up from the TV and was glad he was alone. I hated his loser friends. He stood there at the door, a dumb grin on his face. “What did you do now?” I asked. He just stood there, looking at me with that smile. Cameron was […]