• This and that

    Birth of Love

    The events in Connecticut last week made me just want to hold my kids close and reminded me of this little note I jotted down several years ago. I held him in my arms and I knew that I would never again be the person I was just seconds before.

  • Humour,  Short Stories

    My Front Porch

    Girl, is so nice of you to come and visit an old lady. Don’t sit down here, the heat in here is something else. Let’s sit on the front porch and catch some sea breeze.

  • For the kids

    Children’s Short Stories

    See the Caribbean Adventure Series website for a number of short stories for children and the young at heart. Topics include: Chee Chee’s Adventures Sea Scapes Adventures in Ghana Christmas 2010

  • Short Stories

    Kept Promises

    Three years later (January 2014), I see so many flaws in this story but I still enjoy it and hope you do too. Visit St. Somewhere Journal for the full story.

  • Short Stories

    A Happy Ending

    He came into the world meekly. He kept his eyes closed for a long time, listening to the voices around him. Then in the midst of the activity, he heard a voice he had heard many times before in the nine months he had developed in her womb.

  • Short Stories

    Slave Ship

    I noticed them as soon as I walked up the stairs to the second deck of the ship. She sat on the stairs that led to the third deck. A black woman with vacant eyes, set in a very ordinary, unsmiling face.