Explore

Weak Winter Sun

I have been enshrouded for months by the weak winter sun.

Wedlock, Gridlock, Liplock

We’re tired. In bed, we hold hands. We watch TV. But do you want more?

Wednesday Afternoon at the Eight-Ball Saloon

Someone seems to have made an excellent age-specific insight.

Wednesdays

I miss sex. I really liked it, and I was good at it, if I do say so myself.

What Dad Said

We need to stop talking about it, we need to put some pants on.

When I Come to Be Old

When I come to be old, I resolve not to tell the same story over and over.

Why I Don’t Want to Live Forever

I make a point of smelling the lilac every day that first week in May.

Wife 22

Best-selling author Melanie Gideon reads from her novel Wife 22.

Wife 22

The light is like a benediction. My husband reaches for my hand.

Windward Ho!

Dad is catnip to the lady residents. He’s tall and lean, plus he’s got all his hair.

Winter: Tonight: Sunset

I stop and look at the sky. Suddenly: orange, red, pink, blue, green, purple.

won’t you celebrate with me

won’t you celebrate with me that every day has tried to kill me

Yokai

“Ki o tsukete!” she called, and he knew the words. Be careful.