Footnotes

It would be several days before the stench began to waft through the house. Our friends, their kids, and a gaggle of college students had all settled in for a long weekend. On the last night I lit the back garden with candles and while the kids romped though my costume shop, Laurie and I [...]

Tags: horror, humor, maggots

I received a beautiful bouquet addressed to “Nancy Drew, Girl Detective” from a grateful family member. I have to change the names in this story to protect the guilty…or rather, to protect myself from the guilty and as well, to hide the identities of the innocent. You know who you are. My husband delegated a [...]

Tags: detective, fraud, nancy drew

The little guy finally did it. At seven years-old, he caught a fish after years of trying. I was in Minnesota and missed the event. Taylor froze the fish, happy to wait until I got back to admire his great feat. When I opened the freezer and took out the fish I saw that nobody [...]

Tags: catch of the day, fishing, gone fishing