She was seven when she left the north country and moved to Missouri with a new step-dad. Living with her grandparents for several years had been a refuge for three…
Gregor MacGregor invented his own country. It was London in 1820. According to MacGregor’s elaborate ruse, a native chieftain had appointed him Crown Prince. That made him royalty. Much nicer…
The television show, Mystery Diners, pulls on the inner cop in me. A restaurant is losing money or customers. The owner wants to know why. Mystery Diners comes to the…
Swaddled and resting in the plexiglass isolette, my granddaughter, Gracie, was less than an hour out of her mother’s womb. Her eyes were wide open. She was so new into…
Swaddled and resting in the plexiglass isolette, my granddaughter, Gracie, was less than an hour out of her mother’s womb. Her eyes were wide open. She was so…
The Wal-Mart pharmacy was quiet. It was late March. Flu season dissipated and displays of sun-screen appeared in time for spring break vacations. With a faked nonchalance, I slipped a…