Due to conflicting medications that her doctor had put her on, my grandmother, the dear woman, was facing kidney failure.  The very drugs that had kept her alive by keeping her blood pressure low, her cholesterol from exploding, and the multiple other bodily problems at bay was killing her. &nb… Read full post »

The first part is here:  http://open.salon.com/blog/swoon/2010/04/30/this_is_a_bad_idea

The kiss had come as a shock- I was desirable.  He stopped a block away from my home and we kissed more.  As I walked into the house, I realized that I couldn’t tell my father,… Read full post »

I was fourteen.  My Uncle had promised from the time I could remember that when I was old enough, he would take me scuba diving.  I used to lie in bed, when I was six, seven, eight and plug my nose and breathe through my mouth.  I imagined that this must… Read full post »