Violent storms are common in the Midwest. The one described here actually happened outside a little town I was staying in almost 20 years ago. It sounded like a train, the tornado axiom, if you will, but the straight-line winds cleared a windrow to stumps and killed several cattle (and I'm sure a lot of other critters). Friday I was in the shower, during a storm, when my muse spoke to me, and yes, when I looked out back, she was sitting on our boat.
A Mannsborough Chronicle (5) Marigold Tarr is finally at Harvard, just like she always wanted. More incredibly, she's there with her boyfriend, Thule Roemer. But, now that Thule's out of the revenge business and working on establishing a life for himself, Marigold is afraid he's working himself to death. If only he would sleep instead of worrying about maintaining their relationship, he might make it through this year.
Perhaps it was because she'd heard it so often that it had become true. She'd been called a 'good girl' throughout her sixteen years by her parents, relatives, and teachers. Nerd was a term that she and her few friends had often heard used about themselves. But one day someone spotted the naughty girl hidden away inside, just waiting to be let out.
'Coming of Age' in 1960s NZ. My father's younger brother advised and mentored me through adolescence and young manhood. This is the story of my emotional exploration and sexual adventures with my second date and first girlfriend. With Frank's help and a measure of dumb luck I managed the transition between fumbling ignorance and juicy connection, and learned lessons that I still find valuable nearly sixty years later.
Sixteen yo teen Ritchie is taught about sex by his sister. When she comes home pregnant after her first year at the University of Illinois things get interesting between Mom, Sis and Ritchie / (Reviews)