The internet says smelling citrus means someone you love is near. Maybe they’re in the kitchen stripping a lemon of its zest. They could...

Sitting under an umbrella to reduce the glare, I’m trying to read on the beach. But I keep getting distracted by my cellulite; it’s more...

We used to walk along the beach at sunset, our hands sticky from selling overpriced lemonade and our cheeks burnt from applying small...

There’s a loaf of pumpkin bread in my husband’s backpack but the backpack’s gone and so is he. A quick walk around the the block he said,...

I look up and see a crow, a shiny and scrawny thing, swaying from the powerline above us. It tips its weight forward as if to nosedive...

By noon I am done. I take the picture to her, up the stairs, past the living room, through the sleeping alligators, and she shakes her...

You are in your bedroom and the lights are low, the lamps casting golden crescents across the creamy white sheets. You never wanted white...

The grass was wet with rain. The air was crisp and chilled. The bleachers were empty. The dome lights were off. Only the crickets made...

In a world cast in muted tones, a love story emerged, equally heart-wrenching and captivating. Isabella and Alexandra, their names etched...

You just have to take care of yourself. I know it’s hard. But you’ll get through it. Do this. Do that. It was all too much. The onslaught...

I’ve been having trouble sleeping for a long time. Last night I looked over at the empty bed and I thought I saw Bailey’s shape. The...

The desert is full of death, but not really. I drive through the Mojave, along I-15, and wonder if the blacktop is hot enough to pop my...