And on the mind goes

It was a night like any other night except for sleeping in a bed that was not my own in an apartment I was house-sitting. Doors locked and lights extinguished, I crawled into bed, preparing...

(Fiction: Elegant Literature #027 pg.10) The silver truck with a bent front plate and stickers worn from the sun, pulls up in front of the beige house with the blue door where multi-colored...

(Fiction) The white sterility of the room projecting a false facade of angelic sun, filtering in through the half-opened blinds, illuminating the starkness, and cascading shadows across...

President Trump and his administration expect Americans to no longer think critically. Asking for blind loyalty, they rip aid from our allies, turn their back on NATO, and most recently,...

Excitement drains from my daughter’s face, replaced by fear, as we swing high above the colorful lights and rush of people at Busch Gardens. I watch as her mind deceives her behind...

I waited. My door open wide; the, “It’s a good day for a good day,” metal sign hanging next to the slit window in my classroom door. My tenth graders would return...