Archive for Archive for March, 2006
Fairy Light
It rained most of the day, sustained and heavy, soaking the dry ground until puddles stood ankle-deep in the thick St. Augustine grass. By evening a towering thunderhead dominated the east, and clearing skies in the west left the sun to bathe the massive white cloud in pink and gold, creating a light found mostly […]
1st Marines
Mr. Travis lied about his age, and turned eighteen on Guadalcanal. When he got off that hell-hole of an island, he wore his trousers, long since frayed into shorts, his helmet and boots, and his dog tags. He had the same carbine the Marines had given him, and it took a little slip of a […]
Red Shoes
On the first day of class she wore red shoes. On the fifteenth day of class she wore red shoes, and every day in-between. He saw only one pair repeated, the canvas Keds. His mother wore the same shoes, and he’d always thought of them as old ladies’ shoes, but he couldn’t have been more […]