Love, Pain & The Whole Damn Thing

Claire Has Flair ~ 2001-2013 ~ Rest in Peace The Daily Post asked us to write about unconventional love. Many people and even entire societies or cultures think loving and being loved by a dog is unconventional. Maybe so. Sign me up. Again and again and again. It has been a tough four months on […]

Transporter ~ back to childhood via the senses

Daily Prompt: Tell us about a sensation — a taste, a smell, a piece of music — that transports you back to childhood. The first ten years we lived at, on or near the beach.  The smell of Coppertone is the essence of manliness to me.  The feel of a swing seat, the one made […]

Valentine’s Day ~ Setting the Bed on Fire

Is it really a good Valentine’s Day if you haven’t set the bed on fire? That’s my standard these days. The last time I celebrated Valentine’s Day in a truly exuberant way it involved other people delivering letters with directions, five lovely flower bouquets, individual fresh rose pedals strewn on the staircase to my apartment […]