She had made this journey countless times, but still knew that one moment of distraction, and she would be eternally trapped. As she sailed through the bardo, poor encaged souls watched and recalled their own failures making it through this difficult passage. She soared above the misery and madness, while demons below cursed and tried […]
These were dark times for the highlanders. Since Culloden, Angus McLeod had been one step ahead of Cumberland’s redcoats. Reaching Raasay had been impossible so he headed to his mother’s people, the Macdonalds of Keppoch. Walking by Loch Morar, he noticed a glint in the water. Curious, he left his sword and boots at the […]
The marriage counselor started out by asking the couple to tell him about their relationship. Stace, a voluminous and quiet woman, began, “When we met, God knows when, Tim seemed like the perfect catch. He was energetic and forward-looking. But he was also evasive and difficult to get to know. He rushes through life and […]
I find you sitting in your favourite armchair by the bay window. I follow your gaze to the well-manicured lawn and flower beds budding into life. Are you remembering our garden? How much you loved it? Would today bring some sign of recognition? They are so much fewer now. I scan the room for Michael, […]
The dark corridor was never easy to cross, but she tried it anyway. Slippers shuffled under her tiny feet. Nothing else was heard in the house. Her first thought was coffee. She pressed the button and jumped into her favorite couch. The old coffee machine was working slowly. She didn’t like mornings, especially since then. […]
Time passed in the farmer’s market—rather quickly, as Time was being pursued by a large, bald kombucha vendor. “Stop thief!” the man cried, waving a sloshing mason jar at the fugitive. Time only laughed and ran faster, weaving between stalls and hurdling canine market-goers. With a rattle of her beaded shawl, a young woman minding […]
An oak tree had always been there. As a sapling, I watched horses plough the fields; saw crops planted in orderly rows. The droughts were ruthless when I was young. I longed for the floods, to feel the blissful rain sliding down my branches. My leaves grew fresh and green in the summer, and I […]
No one says a word. Mom looks down at her hands clasped in her lap, tears slowly sliding down her cheeks. Dad stands staring out the window. The only things to be seen are the street lamps and the occasional car. Somebody driving by, probably on their way home, not knowing what is happening only […]
The dark rich soil felt warm and spongy between her fingers as the morning sun crept over the crest of golden sunflowers. Faithfully tending every plant, she trimmed, clipped and transferred fragrant greenery to a worn wicker basket. Pausing, she held a tidy bunch of thyme to her face and inhaled deeply. Closing her eyes she was transported back to when life was filled with […]
Some parents measure their children’s lives in years, some in months, some even in weeks or days. We measure his in increments of quarters of an hour. There are ninety six in a day. Six hundred and seventy two in a week. A good quarter has no tears, not from him, not from me. It […]
Her hands delicately cradled the sundial. Her eyes absorbed its infinite time, his eyes absorbed her. He had gifted her a promise of time, a promise of everlasting love. The moon shone directly overhead, deeming the gnomon redundant, leaving the platform shadowless. Seeing each other in the halls, they became obsessed with the fleeting moments […]
Every day he wore that wristwatch, like the act of putting it on was part of the clockwork.Through the 4th hole on the band, not too tight nor too loose. Taking it off and putting it on his nightstand at the end of the day,As if this watch were the most timeless possession to be owned. […]
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