On his adventurous journey, Harvey Mangrove, a biologist from University of California, set off to South Africa in search of plants and vegetation that were thought to be extinct, but now appeared to have resurrected. Little did he know that…
On his adventurous journey, Harvey Mangrove, a biologist from University of California, set off to South Africa in search of plants and vegetation that were thought to be extinct, but now appeared to have resurrected. Little did he know that…
It was the worst of it she thought, forgetting to turn the burner off after boiling a pot of water. It was not the forgetfulness, but also the indifference about mostly everything. Out of the blue, she received a letter…
“Spring forth,” he told her. She initially chucked at that advice until she saw a show on TV that featured the mineral springs of Iceland. It prompted to do some research on the Internet and she found that there were…
My childhood was not a typical, “normal” childhood. In fact, the star of my family has always been my mother. You see, while most typical childhoods consisted of typical, quite consistent weekends, mine was full of movement and actually dappled…
It was not fair that the guys were able to go fishing in the Florida Keys and leave them with the kids, as they did periodically. This time, Julia and Nadine packed the children and took them to their grandparents…
This New Year, Hillary Lumpkin finally gave up on resolutions. She and everyone that knows her can agree that she is so far from perfect. If a sign points to go one direction, she would go the other. This is…
In his high-rise apartment, the dim light seeped through the crevices, tickling Juan Pablo’s nose, as if to say, “Wake up, Juan Pablito, you have a very important day!” He woke up confused, yet light-hearted, with butterflies in his stomach…
Milagros Mendez took to certain precautionary measures to prevent misgivings, miscalculations and misinformation. She was the administrative assistant at a state agency and she clocked in the hours as necessary to receive her weekly paycheck; took pride in what she…
There were once two sisters, Melissa and Margie Carr, who were best of friends growing up. They did everything together; wore matching outfits. Everyone thought they were actually twins. But Melissa was really two years older than Margie, and it…
Mr. Fluey never believed in getting his annual flu shot like everyone else. He believed the scare-tactic from the health industry was a hype just to boost pharmaceutical sales. He was always very healthy, took his Vitamin C and Echinacea;…