A body in the Potomac River

The other night the phone rings and a voice says, “Do you know who this is?” and I say, “Yes, it’s Dan, isn’t it?” 
The voice is still the same even twenty years after Dan and his girlfriend, Rachael, and I hung out together.  He was smart but reserved.  My sister told me once that Dan [...]

Sexual Conundrum #51

Is it dangerous to have oral sex with someone who minces their words?  What about someone who stutters?

Mother and child

You have to look a long way back now and into a place where you have not been before.  Can you do that?  If you can’t then you will not understand this story. You must start in the hot air high above my vast land. Look closely now. 

Can you see a gum tree by the [...]

On the shore

 
This place is called The Bluff.  It is famous amongst surfers but for a long time the select few who knew about it kept it a secret.  Then one day some national magazine published a story about The Bluff and now they come here from all over the world, mostly in winter when storms from [...]

Do never conspire against love

I do not know if the world has lied
I have lied
I do not know if the world has conspired against love
I have conspired against love(Leonard Cohen) 
So I will tell you this: when I was sixteen I was dumb, really dumb.  And I lied and I was treacherous too.  But mostly I was dumb.  It’s true [...]