First Date

UNITED STATES—Giselle found herself on a date with Travis Knowles, who was almost as wide as he was tall. The very loud houndstooth design...

Artist’s Return Part 3

UNITED STATES—Off Archer drove after being frisked and subjected to an elaborate sobriety test. The young sheriff told him that they had trouble here...

Artist’s Return Part 2

UNITED STATES—"Why do you have plastic bags?" the young sheriff asked. "Poop bags for the dog." The young buzz-cut sheriff bid Archer to sit on...

The Artist’s Return

UNITED STATES—He was starting to nod off on the freeway. A taillight and ghost tree whose branches twisted half a mile down the road,...

The Cottage Chronicles: Fences

UNITED STATES—Katy is the neighbor with the junky porch and lots of cats. Lotte was the 96-year-old German neighbor with incontinence and an aversion...

A Touch Antisocial

UNITED STATES—It was the longest elevator ride I have ever spent, creeping from one floor to the next. We boarded the elevator garage level at...

Birding

UNITED STATES—When the sun falls and the thermometer goes down a decade, then the time for big game hunting begins. I am the driver,...

Schadenfreude (More Adventures Of Giselle)

UNITED STATES—I’m keeping my eyes on my clothes tumbling in the laundromat dryer. What do you think about separating clothes? I really don’t believe...

Schadenfreude (An Introduction)

UNITED STATES—I wouldn’t make a very good politician. I leave shambles, wars and broken hearts wherever I go. It must be my big mouth. Anyhow,...

Reel Life

UNITED STATES—I am in the Goldwyn Branch of the public library and I am missing something: my first national appearance on TV. In six...