Cabin Fever?

My mind has been racing lately. I wake up in the middle of the night and mentally rework a piece of writing that I’d struggled with earlier in the day. Stories from my past, sometimes ones I didn’t even know I’d remembered, come to me from out of the blue. I...

A Touch of Gray

Manyu has beautiful salt and pepper hair. It is raven black highlighted with individual strands of white. She keeps it barely shoulder-length and carries a classic look that cannot be replicated in a hair salon. Last week she dyed it all black. Dying hair is an annual...

I Might Have That Kind of Face

As a young man, I might have had a face people trusted. Often I was told I needed to smile more, but smiles, at least fake ones, reveal an underlying dishonesty more than a face that might be described as emotionless. This fact often puts politicians in a bind. When...

No Dogs or Cats

I can’t remember who the author was, but I once read a book jacket bio that read, “And he has no dogs or cats.” I checked out the book from the library for that reason alone, and now wish I’d gone to a bookstore to buy it. That kind of sarcasm...
Steven Simpson