The Jeweler’s Most Precious Gem
Mere weeks before my fiancé and I were to be married, we went to an art gallery in town. There, tucked in its corner, we found a jewelry store run by a husband and wife. They were young, though he
A Lesson on Self-Extracting Splinters
Sitting in our Jeep this afternoon, just typing away all kinds of deep and thoughtful things, I suddenly heard my husband yell, “Oh. My. Goodness!” I looked to the right and saw him, kneeling over a cement block of our
A Knowledge Worth More Than Einstein’s Intelligence
The first time Henri Fleischer thrust open the doors of the Smart Shopper and swaggered his way over to the Bargain Bins, I assumed he was on a quest for Victoria Falls and had somehow mistook Livingston, Tennessee for Livingstone,
Confessions of an Adjective-Lovin’ Junkie
The first discouragement happened when I was just six years old. For Mother’s Day I had written a story about a young girl who woke up in the wee hours of the dawn (direct quote), crept down the stairs, jumped