Over the weekend, I attended a birthday party for Arro, my friend Reece’s oldest son. Although the celebration had a Harry Potter theme and every child was given a…
November and December
27 posts in Stories
Sergeant Gos, Mole Patrol
The timing of the move stunk — we moved at the beginning of the summer, and my new school would not start up for several more months. I was 15 years…
Professor Edward J. Coomes (1929-2004)
The other day, I received my university’s alumni magazine. And as is my normal routine, I flipped to the obituary section in the back and scanned for recognizable names.…
Chocolate Éclair
Back in the day, before the dark times, before the Empire, I was a troglodyte working to support my university’s residence life system. Yes, ladies and gentleman, I was…
Emily
Last night, I was watering my pitiful plants, most of which have been suffering slowly this winter from a wicked combination of cold drafts and terrible light. I started off…
Small World, Part V: Laura
Back in early college, I was a bit of a Japanphile, absorbing all sorts of manga, anime, and history books about the Land of the Rising Sun. One of my…