Month: July 2019

Mike and Kirsten from A MOOSE IN THE ROAD and ARIEL go to Guatemala to regroup in FINCA VERDE I jostled against a local woman dressed in an elaborately patterned skirt and blouse bearing the specific design for her village, I’d been told. Another bump in the road and I snugged against Kirsten who softly … Continue reading Finca Verde

A sequel to the story: A Moose in the Road (posted a month ago). If you haven’t read it, you should read it first because Mike goes back to the island, twenty years later under very different circumstances only to discover that memories and fantasies can implode. Three people in line ahead of me.  I … Continue reading Ariel

It’s very difficult to recall a past event accurately. It’s even harder with someone who was with us in that time and place. For one thing, there is selective amnesia. As in the case of the ninety-year old man who leaned over and gave his wife a kiss. She looked up and said, “What was … Continue reading Stuck in Our Own Memories